蛋白质的糖组学主要研究单个个体所包含的所有糖蛋白上聚糖的结构、功能等生物学作用。糖组学的出现使人类可以更深刻理解第三类生物信息大分子——聚糖在生命活动中的作用。目前,糖组学的发展仍处于初步阶段,基于DNA测序仪的荧光糖电泳、糖芯片等新技术的出现和质谱技术的应用对糖组学研究起到了很大的推动作用。
Glycomics is mainly to analyze the structure and function of the whole set of glycans linked to glycoproteins produced by individual organisms. Glycomics can make people understand more about the role of the third bioinformative macromolecules ——glycan in biology. So far, the study of glycomics is on the first stage. Some new technology such as DNA sequencer-assisted, fluorophore-assisted carbohydrate electrophoresis (DSA- FACE), carbohydrate microarrays and the application of mass spectrum technology accelerate progress of the study on glycome.