Carbohydrate-Protein Interaction

Carbohydrate as the primary product of photosynthesis has a vital role in the maintenance of life on this planet. Until relatively recently, interest in complex carbohydrates focussed on their structural role in the extracellular matrix/ cell wall of animal, plant, and microbial cells and on their role as energy sources (e.g., starch and glycogen) and structural components (e.g., cellulose) in natural products. There was, however, indirect evidence that carbohydrates could play an informati...