Abstract
Mammalian glycolipids play a variety of roles, often coupled with interactions with endogenous and exogenous molecules. The interactions can induce intracellular signaling and are the means by which glycolipids express biological phenotypes. Insights into the structure–function relationships of glycolipids (both glycan and lipid moieties) provide the basis for gaining an understanding of the mechanisms at play, an important area for further study. Solution nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is a unique and powerful method employed to provide, at the atomic level, structural information on glycolipids and other biomolecules in solutions. This chapter briefly describes how we measure NMR spectra of glycolipids and the information gained from NMR spectral analysis.
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Yamaguchi, Y. (2023). NMR Analysis of Mammalian Glycolipids. In: Kabayama, K., Inokuchi, Ji. (eds) Glycolipids. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2613. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-2910-9_14
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