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Sialic acids (Sias) are nine-carbon atom sugars that are typically found on the cell surface as terminal residues of glycoproteins and glycolipids or secreted. They play crucial roles in cellular communication as well as in pathogen infection and survival.
The glycoconjugates (glycolipids, glycoproteins, and proteoglycans) on surface membranes help maintain water at the surface of cells because they contain sialic acid-rich oligosaccharides.The majority of sialic acids are found in the terminal ends of glycoproteins and glycolipids, in tissue and capsular polysialic acids, and in bacterial lipooligosaccharides/polysaccharides. Sialic acids also exist in many forms that determine their function in biology.Sialic acids are essential parts of the majority of the selectin family of cell adhesion molecules' ligands, which mediate interactions between immune cells and/or involve platelets as well as leukocyte rolling along endothelium.Sialic acids (Sias) are nine-carbon atom sugars that are typically found on the cell surface as terminal residues of glycoproteins and glycolipids or secreted. They play crucial roles in pathogen infection and survival as well as cellular communication.
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