title: The GlycanBuilder and GlycoWorkbench glycoinformatics tools: updates and new developments.
abstract: During the EUROCarbDB project our group developed the GlycanBuilder and GlycoWorkbench glycoinformatics tools. This short communication summarizes the capabilities of these two tools and updates which have been made since the original publications in 2007 and 2008. GlycanBuilder is a tool that allows for the fast and intuitive drawing of glycan structures; this tool can be used standalone, embedded in web pages and can also be integrated into other programs. GlycoWorkbench has been designed to semi-automatically annotate glycomics data. This tool can be used to annotate mass spectrometry (MS) and MS/MS spectra of free oligosaccharides, N and O-linked glycans, GAGs (glycosaminoglycans) and glycolipids, as well as MS spectra of glycoproteins.
authors.affiliation: Division of Molecular Biosciences, School of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Damerell
authors.forename: Alessio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ceroni
authors.forename: Kai
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Maass
authors.forename: Rene
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ranzinger
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dell
authors.forename: Stuart M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Haslam
mesh_terms: D054794:Glycomics / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000737:chemistry*; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D011134:Polysaccharides / Q000737:chemistry*; D012984:Software
chemical_list: D006023:Glycoproteins; D011134:Polysaccharides