NON-SPECIFIC ROLES OF GLYCANS BOUND TO PROTEIN
Folding, assembling Hepatic lipase and secretion Erythropoietin Vascular endothelial growth f. immature GP aggregation HBV glycoproteins
Conformational effects Yeast acid phospfatase increased thermal stability t-Plasminogen activator decreased backbone mobility Cell-surface CD2 Mucins (terminal Sia)
Protective effects Fibronectin proteolytic degradation Ribonuclease B LDL-receptor (ovary cells) circulatory life time ceruloplasmin
Functional effects ? and ? antithrombin binding Glycoprotein hormones kinetics Ribonuclesase A and B