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. 2017 Oct 1;27(10):915-919.
doi: 10.1093/glycob/cwx066.

GlyTouCan: an accessible glycan structure repository

Michael Tiemeyer  1 , Kazuhiro Aoki  1 , James Paulson  2 , Richard D Cummings  3 , William S York  1 , Niclas G Karlsson  4 , Frederique Lisacek  5 , Nicolle H Packer  6   7 , Matthew P Campbell  6 , Nobuyuki P Aoki  8 , Akihiro Fujita  8 , Masaaki Matsubara  1 , Daisuke Shinmachi  8 , Shinichiro Tsuchiya  7 , Issaku Yamada  9 , Michael Pierce  1 , René Ranzinger  1 , Hisashi Narimatsu  10 , Kiyoko F Aoki-Kinoshita  8
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GlyTouCan: an accessible glycan structure repository

Michael Tiemeyer et al. Glycobiology. .

Abstract

Rapid and continued growth in the generation of glycomic data has revealed the need for enhanced development of basic infrastructure for presenting and interpreting these datasets in a manner that engages the broader biomedical research community. Early in their growth, the genomic and proteomic fields implemented mechanisms for assigning unique gene and protein identifiers that were essential for organizing data presentation and for enhancing bioinformatic approaches to extracting knowledge. Similar unique identifiers are currently absent from glycomic data. In order to facilitate continued growth and expanded accessibility of glycomic data, the authors strongly encourage the glycomics community to coordinate the submission of their glycan structures to the GlyTouCan Repository and to make use of GlyTouCan identifiers in their communications and publications. The authors also deeply encourage journals to recommend a submission workflow in which submitted publications utilize GlyTouCan identifiers as a standard reference for explicitly describing glycan structures cited in manuscripts.

Keywords: GlyTouCan; database; glycan identifier; repository; structure.

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Fig. 1.
GlyTouCan Logo. GlyTouCan is named by a combination of “Glycan” and “Tou (糖)”, which means “sugar” in Japanese. The word “Can (Jpn. 缶)” of GlyTouCan signifies that it is a container where glycans are accumulated. Therefore, a can is used in the logo to indicate that it is a repository with accumulated glycan data. In addition, a toucan is used as a mascot character since the word “TouCan” is included in GlyTouCan. The GlyTouCan toucan sits, appropriately, on the branch of a Lewis type glycan structure. This figure is available in black and white in print and in color at Glycobiology online.
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Fig. 2.
Glycan List for browsing/filtering glycans registered in GlyTouCan. This interface is accessible through the pull-down menu under View All on the GlyTouCan home page and provides a rapid, intuitive way to interrogate existing entries. This figure is available in black and white in print and in color at Glycobiology online.
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