Complex carbohydrates--structure and function with respect to the glycoconjugate composition of the cupula of the semicircular canals.
The review briefly describes the structure and function of complex carbohydrates of glycoproteins and proteoglycans both in general and with particular respect to the potential roles sugar chains may play in the cupula, i.e. the molecular organization of these constituents, their biophysical properties, and their biological functions.
Tauber
Rudolf
R
Institut fur Klinische Chemie und Pathobiochemie, Universitatsklinikum Benjamin Franklin, Freie Universitat Berlin, Berlin, Germany. Tauber@medizin.fu-berlin.de
Reher
Kerstin
K
Helling
Kai
K
Scherer
Hans
H
D000818:Animals; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D002241:Carbohydrates / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology; D004710:Endolymph / Q000502:physiology; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000502:physiology; D011509:Proteoglycans / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000502:physiology; D012665:Semicircular Canals / Q000502:physiology*
D002241:Carbohydrates; D006023:Glycoproteins; D011509:Proteoglycans