Nomenclature of glycoproteins, glycopeptides and peptidoglycans [2]
In these recommendations, the prefix N- appears in both normal and italic style, e.g. N-glycan, etc.; N-linked or N-linked. The nomenclature committees of IUMB suggest that N- be italicized only when it is used as a locant, e.g. N-acetyl-, O-acetyl-, N-glycolyl, etc. and not in N-linked, O-substituted, N-glycan, etc.
1. IUPAC-IUBMB Joint Commission on Biochemical Nomenclature (JCBN), and Nomenclature Commission of IUBMB (NC-IUBMB),.Newsletter 1992, Arch. Biochem. Biophys., 1992, 294, 322-325; Biochem. Internat., 1992, 26, 567-575; Bioch. J., 1992, 282, I-III; Biol. Chem. Hoppe-Seyler, 1992, 373, 1-4; Chem. Int., 1992, 14, 140-141; Eur. J. Biochem., 1992, 204, 1-3.
2. IUPAC-IUB Joint Commission on Biochemical Nomenclature (JCBN)Nomenclature of glycoproteins, glycopeptides and peptidoglycans. Recommendations 1985, Eur. J. Biochem., 1986, 159, 1-6; 1989, 185, 485;Glycoconjugate J., 1986, 3, 123-134; J. Biol. Chem., 1987, 262, 13-18; Pure Appl. Chem., 1988, 60, 1389-1394; Amino Acids and Peptides, 1990, 21, 329-334; Biochemical Nomenclature and Related Documents, 2nd edition, Portland Press, 1992, pages 84-89.