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The glycosaminoglycans (called mucopolysaccharides in the older nomenclature) are high-molecular-weight linear carbohydrate polymers that are generally composed of disaccharide repeating units of a uronic acid (D-gluc- uronic acid or L-iduronic acid) and a hexosamine (N-acetylglucosamine or N-acetylgalactosamine). In the case of the sulfated glycosaminoglycans, the polysaccharide chains are O-glycosidically linked at their reducing ends to a protein moiety through the characteristic -glucuronosyl-galactosyl- galactosyl-xylosyl-serine sequence.
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Margolis, R.K., Margolis, R.U. (1979). Structure and Distribution of Glycoproteins and Glycosaminoglycans. In: Margolis, R.U., Margolis, R.K. (eds) Complex Carbohydrates of Nervous Tissue. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2925-1_3
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