Marine Glycoconjugates: Trends and Perspectives
A special issue of Marine Drugs (ISSN 1660-3397).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 November 2019) | Viewed by 48475
Special Issue Editors
Interests: marine natural product chemistry; secondary metabolites; sea cucumber triterpene glycosides; biological activities; evolution of biosynthesis; chemotaxonomy
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Interests: marine natural product chemistry; glycosides; glycoconjugates; steroids; terpenoids; uncommon glycolipids; other marine metabolites; structures; bioactivities; chemistry; biochemistry; cell biology; pharmacology
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Interests: marine natural product chemistry; secondary metabolites; starfish polar steroids and lipids; biological activities; metabolomics; biosynthesis
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Glycoconjugates, biomolecules in which carbohydrate moieties are attached by a covalent bond to any aglycone, play very significant role in biological systems. Glycoproteins, peptidoglycans, lipopolyshaccharides and other biopolymer glycoconjugates are responsible for cellular interactions, including cell–cell recognition and the binding of cells to intercellular matrix, as well as they carry out other signal, antigenic and transport functions, participate in the formation of receptors and other important membrane and blood constituents. Low molecular weight glycoconjugates, such as triterpene and steroidal glycosides, glycolipids, phenolic glycosides are also well known as molecules having important internal and exterior functions for their organism-producers such as protection against predators, competition for space, food resources, etc. Diverse glycoconjugates provide very wide spectrum of biological activities including defensive, cytotoxic, antitumor, immunomodulatory, and antioxidant properties. Semi-synthetic conjugates of biologically active low molecular weight substances and carbohydrates possess better transport properties because of increased solubility. Water environment requires high solubility for signal or anti-predatory exometabolites of marine organism. All these peculiarities explain very wide diversity of glycoconjugates of marine origin. The main goal of this Special Issue “Marine Glycoconjugates: Trends and Perspectives” is to provide a convenient platform for discussion of all possible scientific aspects concerning low molecular weight and biopolymer glycoconjugates of marine origin, their isolation and chemical structures, taxonomical distribution, methods of analysis, biological activities, biosynthesis and evolution, biological roles and chemical syntheses including the obtaining of semi-synthetic derivatives of biological active natural products.
Dr. Vladimir I. Kalinin
Prof. Dr. Valentin A. Stonik
Dr. Natalia V. Ivanchina
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- marine glycoconjugates
- triterpene glycosides
- steroidal glycosides
- glycolipids
- lipopolysaccharides
- biological activities
- biosynthesis
- biological role
- marine invertebrates
- echinoderms
- sponges
- starfish
- sea cucumbers
- marine fungi
- bacteria
- algae