External Knowledge Resources

The international, freely accessible glycan structure repository. Assigns unique accession identifiers (G-numbers) to globally registered carbohydrate structures regardless of whether their biological origin or full linkage is known.

A comprehensive, expert-curated repository containing structural, bibliographic, NMR spectral, and taxonomic data on natural glycans and glycoconjugates of bacterial, fungal, archaeal, and plant origins.

A computational and informatics portal integrating diverse carbohydrate and glycoconjugate datasets with genomic, proteomic, and disease annotations, enabling unique cross-disciplinary multi-omics queries.

An extracellular matrix (ECM) interaction database, specifically cataloging biomolecular interactions between ECM proteins, proteoglycans, and glycosaminoglycans (GAGs including heparin, heparan sulfate, chondroitin sulfate, and hyaluronan).

The single worldwide archive of 3D macromolecular structures. Hosts thousands of experimentally determined atomic coordinates for glycoproteins, carbohydrate-binding lectins, glycosyltransferases, and glycoside hydrolases.

An open-access solid-state Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectral database and structural repository dedicated to complex carbohydrates, intact plant and fungal cell wall polymers, and bio-based materials.

A curated collection of experimentally determined glycan structures linked directly to KEGG biochemical pathways, enzymatic reaction networks, and carbohydrate metabolic maps.

A curated experimental database for glycomics mass spectrometry (MS, MS/MS, and LC-MS profiles), providing fragmentation spectra and collision-energy annotations for structural validation.

The dedicated classification of enzymes that synthesize, modify, or degrade glycosidic bonds, organized into sequence-based families: Glycoside Hydrolases (GH), Glycosyltransferases (GT), Polysaccharide Lyases (PL), and Carbohydrate-Binding Modules (CBM).

An open-access database of 3D glycan structural conformers sampled via atomistic molecular dynamics simulations. Enables restoration of full glycan trees onto AlphaFold and PDB glycoprotein structures through Re-Glyco.

Freely accessible database containing detailed information on small-molecule metabolites found in the human body, including monosaccharides, oligosaccharides, sugar nucleotides, and polyols.

Comprehensive database cataloging O-linked β-N-acetylglucosamine (O-GlcNAc) post-translational protein modification sites, functional consequences, and proteomic experiments.

An advanced suite of web tools for carbohydrate molecular modeling, force field parameter assignment (GLYCAM force fields), 3D structure generation, and glycoprotein oligosaccharide builder.

A premier interactive web workflow to build, solvate, and configure complex N-linked, O-linked, and GPI-anchored glycoproteins, glycolipids, and free oligosaccharides for CHARMM, NAMD, GROMACS, and AMBER simulations.

Online predictive software that calculates all possible monosaccharide compositions for a given experimentally observed mass from mass spectrometry spectra of oligosaccharides or glycopeptides.

The premier open-access materials database, providing computed electronic, structural, and mechanical properties, phase diagrams, and open REST APIs for tens of thousands of materials. Widely used for machine learning in materials informatics.

The world's largest polymer database, cataloging chemical structures, thermal properties (glass transition Tg, melting Tm), mechanical properties, and physical properties for synthetic polymers and bio-based polymers (polysaccharides, cellulose, chitosan).

An AI and materials informatics platform designed specifically for materials discovery, formulation optimization, and multi-property modeling of polymers, composites, and sustainable materials.

A standardized benchmark suite for evaluating machine learning algorithms predicting physical, mechanical, and thermodynamic properties across materials datasets.

GlycoMIP's dedicated AI and materials informatics tools, featuring automated patent & literature analysis, property prediction for carbohydrate polymer conjugates, and machine learning scripts for glycomaterials.

Materials informatics platform aggregating multi-modal experimental data (spectroscopy, rheology, mechanical testing) to train predictive AI models for sustainable polymers and composites.

Globally accepted guidelines and checklists for reporting glycomics experimental data, ensuring reproducibility for mass spectrometry, glycan microarrays, liquid chromatography, and capillary electrophoresis.

Standardized visual graphical language representing monosaccharides using distinct geometric shapes and colors (e.g., green circle for D-Mannose, blue square for D-GlcNAc, purple diamond for Neu5Ac), simplifying complex glycan depiction.

Step-by-step guides and user portal instructions for accessing GlycoMIP instrumentation, automated glycan synthesizers, and submitting research proposals and sample requests.

High-resolution video demonstrations and lectures covering specialized analytical instruments (Anton Paar Rheometer, Thermo Orbitrap MS, Octet BLI, BioTools ChiralIR/RAMAN) and the 'GlycoBasics' educational lecture series.

The authoritative, comprehensive reference textbook in glycoscience, edited by Ajit Varki, Richard D. Cummings, et al. Freely accessible online via NCBI Bookshelf.

A premier international non-profit scholarly society dedicated to advancing knowledge, research, and collaborative education in glycoscience and glycotechnology.