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GlyTouCan ID ▼	IUPAC Condensed	Names	Motifs	Archetype	Subsumption Level	Monoisotopic Mass	Organisms
G00055MO	Gal(b1-4)GlcNAc(b1-		N-acetyllactosamine Type 2 LN	G66213AR	Fully-defined saccharide	383.14	Amniota Bacteria Betaherpesvirinae Betaproteobacteria Bilateria Boreoeutheria Campylobacterales Campylobacterota Catarrhini Chordata Craniata Cytomegalovirus humanbeta5 Cytomegalovirus Deuterostomia Dipnotetrapodomorpha Duplodnaviria Enterobacterales Enterobacteriaceae Epsilonproteobacteria Euarchontoglires Eukaryota Eumetazoa Euteleostomi Eutheria Gammaproteobacteria Gnathostomata Haplorrhini Helicobacter pylori Helicobacter Helicobacteraceae Herpesvirales Herviviricetes Heunggongvirae Hominidae Homininae Hominoidea Homo sapiens Homo Human betaherpesvirus 5 Mammalia Metazoa Neisseria gonorrhoeae Neisseria Neisseriaceae Neisseriales Opisthokonta Orthoherpesviridae Peploviricota Primates Pseudomonadota Sarcopterygii Shigella dysenteriae Shigella Simiiformes Teleostomi Tetrapoda Theria Vertebrata Viruses cellular organisms
G00054MO	Neu5Ac(a2-3)Gal(b1-4)[Fuc(a1-3)]GlcNAc(b1-	Sialyl Lewis x	Sialyl Lewis x Slex	G87205VF	Fully-defined saccharide	820.3	Amniota Archelosauria Archosauria Artiodactyla Aves Bacteria Bilateria Boreoeutheria Campylobacterales Campylobacterota Catarrhini Cercopithecidae Cercopithecinae Cercopithecoidea Chordata Coelurosauria Craniata Cricetidae Cricetinae Cricetulus griseus Cricetulus Deuterostomia Dinosauria Dipnotetrapodomorpha Epsilonproteobacteria Euarchontoglires Eukaryota Eumetazoa Euteleostomi Eutheria Galliformes Galloanserae Gallus gallus Gallus Glires Gnathostomata Haplorrhini Helicobacter pylori Helicobacter Helicobacteraceae Hominidae Homininae Hominoidea Homo sapiens Homo Lagomorpha Laurasiatheria Leporidae Macaca fuscata Macaca mulatta Macaca Mammalia Mesocricetus auratus Mesocricetus Metazoa Muridae Murinae Muroidea Mus musculus Mus Mus Myomorpha Neognathae Opisthokonta Oryctolagus cuniculus Oryctolagus Phasianidae Phasianinae Primates Rattus Rodentia Sarcopterygii Sauria Saurischia Sauropsida Simiiformes Suidae Suina Sus scrofa Sus Teleostomi Tetrapoda Theria Theropoda Vertebrata cellular organisms
G00053MO	Neu5Ac(a2-3)Gal(b1-3)[Fuc(a1-4)]GlcNAc(b1-	Sialyl Lewis a	CA19-9 antigen Sialyl Lewis a Slea	G16258KS	Fully-defined saccharide	820.3	Amniota Bilateria Boreoeutheria Catarrhini Chordata Craniata Deuterostomia Dipnotetrapodomorpha Euarchontoglires Eukaryota Eumetazoa Euteleostomi Eutheria Glires Gnathostomata Haplorrhini Hominidae Homininae Hominoidea Homo sapiens Homo Mammalia Metazoa Muridae Murinae Muroidea Mus musculus Mus Mus Myomorpha Opisthokonta Primates Rodentia Sarcopterygii Simiiformes Teleostomi Tetrapoda Theria Vertebrata cellular organisms
G00052MO	Fuc(a1-2)Gal(b1-4)[Fuc(a1-3)]GlcNAc(b1-	Lewis y	Blood group H (type 2) Leb Lewis b Ley	G04690JX	Fully-defined saccharide	675.26	Amniota Artiodactyla Artverviricota Bacteria Bilateria Boreoeutheria Bos taurus Bos Bovidae Bovinae Campylobacterales Campylobacterota Canidae Caniformia Canis lupus familiaris Canis lupus Canis Carnivora Catarrhini Cercopithecidae Cercopithecinae Cercopithecoidea Chlorocebus aethiops Chlorocebus Chordata Craniata Cricetidae Cricetinae Deuterostomia Dipnotetrapodomorpha Epsilonproteobacteria Euarchontoglires Eukaryota Eumetazoa Euteleostomi Eutheria Felidae Feliformia Felinae Felis catus Felis Glires Gnathostomata Haplorrhini Helicobacter pylori 26695 Helicobacter pylori SS1 Helicobacter pylori Helicobacter Helicobacteraceae Hominidae Homininae Hominoidea Homo sapiens Homo Human immunodeficiency virus 1 Human immunodeficiency virus Lagomorpha Laurasiatheria Lentivirus Leporidae Mammalia Mesocricetus auratus Mesocricetus Metazoa Muridae Murinae Muroidea Mus musculus Mus Mus Myomorpha Opisthokonta Ortervirales Orthoretrovirinae Oryctolagus cuniculus Oryctolagus Pararnavirae Pecora Primate lentivirus group Primates Rattus Retroviridae Revtraviricetes Riboviria Rodentia Ruminantia Sarcopterygii Simiiformes Suidae Suina Sus scrofa Sus Teleostomi Tetrapoda Theria Vertebrata Viruses cellular organisms unclassified Primate lentivirus group
G00051MO	Gal(b1-4)[Fuc(a1-3)]GlcNAc(b1-	Lewis x	Lewis x Lex N-acetyllactosamine SSEA-1 Type 2 LN	G39995KJ	Fully-defined saccharide	529.2	Amniota Bacteria Bifurcata Bilateria Boreoeutheria Campylobacterales Campylobacterota Catarrhini Chordata Colubroidea Craniata Deuterostomia Dipnotetrapodomorpha Elapidae Elapinae Episquamata Epsilonproteobacteria Euarchontoglires Eukaryota Eumetazoa Euteleostomi Eutheria Glires Gnathostomata Haplorrhini Helicobacter pylori 26695 Helicobacter pylori Helicobacter Helicobacteraceae Hominidae Homininae Hominoidea Homo sapiens Homo Lepidosauria Mammalia Metazoa Muridae Murinae Muroidea Mus musculus Mus Mus Myomorpha Naja Opisthokonta Primates Rodentia Sarcopterygii Sauria Sauropsida Serpentes Simiiformes Squamata Teleostomi Tetrapoda Theria Toxicofera Unidentata Vertebrata cellular organisms
G00050MO	Fuc(a1-2)Gal(b1-3)GlcNAc(b1-3)Gal(b1-4)Glc(b1-		Blood group H (type 1) Lactotriaosylceramide Lc3	G19490AF	Fully-defined saccharide	853.31	Amniota Artiodactyla Bilateria Boreoeutheria Catarrhini Chordata Craniata Deuterostomia Dipnotetrapodomorpha Euarchontoglires Eukaryota Eumetazoa Euteleostomi Eutheria Glires Gnathostomata Haplorrhini Hominidae Homininae Hominoidea Homo sapiens Homo Laurasiatheria Mammalia Metazoa Muridae Murinae Muroidea Mus musculus Mus Mus Myomorpha Opisthokonta Primates Rattus Rodentia Sarcopterygii Simiiformes Suidae Suina Sus scrofa Sus Teleostomi Tetrapoda Theria Vertebrata cellular organisms
G00049MO	Gal(b1-3)GlcNAc(b1-3)Gal(b1-4)Glc(b1-	Lactotetraosylceramide Lc4	Lactotriaosylceramide Lc3 Type 1 LN	G00069MO	Fully-defined saccharide	707.25	Amniota Artiodactyla Bilateria Boreoeutheria Bovidae Caprinae Catarrhini Chordata Craniata Deuterostomia Dipnotetrapodomorpha Euarchontoglires Eukaryota Eumetazoa Euteleostomi Eutheria Glires Gnathostomata Haplorrhini Hominidae Homininae Hominoidea Homo sapiens Homo Lagomorpha Laurasiatheria Leporidae Mammalia Metazoa Opisthokonta Oryctolagus cuniculus Oryctolagus Ovis aries Ovis Pecora Primates Ruminantia Sarcopterygii Simiiformes Suidae Suina Sus scrofa Sus Teleostomi Tetrapoda Theria Vertebrata cellular organisms
G00048MO	Fuc(a1-2)Gal(b1-3)[Fuc(a1-4)]GlcNAc(b1-	Lewis b	Leb Lewis b Type 1 LN	G93507IP	Fully-defined saccharide	675.26	Amniota Bacteria Bilateria Boreoeutheria Campylobacterales Campylobacterota Catarrhini Cercopithecidae Cercopithecinae Cercopithecoidea Chlorocebus aethiops Chlorocebus Chordata Craniata Deuterostomia Dipnotetrapodomorpha Epsilonproteobacteria Euarchontoglires Eukaryota Eumetazoa Euteleostomi Eutheria Glires Gnathostomata Haplorrhini Helicobacter pylori Helicobacter Helicobacteraceae Hominidae Homininae Hominoidea Homo sapiens Homo Lagomorpha Leporidae Mammalia Metazoa Muridae Murinae Muroidea Mus musculus Mus Mus Myomorpha Opisthokonta Oryctolagus cuniculus Oryctolagus Primates Rodentia Sarcopterygii Simiiformes Teleostomi Tetrapoda Theria Vertebrata cellular organisms
G00047MO	Gal(b1-3)[Fuc(a1-4)]GlcNAc(?1-		Lea Lewis a	G01706RV	Linkage-defined saccharide	529.2	Amniota Artverviricota Bilateria Boreoeutheria Catarrhini Chordata Craniata Deuterostomia Dipnotetrapodomorpha Euarchontoglires Eukaryota Eumetazoa Euteleostomi Eutheria Gnathostomata Haplorrhini Hominidae Homininae Hominoidea Homo sapiens Homo Human immunodeficiency virus Lentivirus Mammalia Metazoa Opisthokonta Ortervirales Orthoretrovirinae Pararnavirae Primate lentivirus group Primates Retroviridae Revtraviricetes Riboviria Sarcopterygii Simiiformes Teleostomi Tetrapoda Theria Vertebrata Viruses cellular organisms unclassified Primate lentivirus group
G00046MO	Gal(a1-3)Gal				Linkage-defined saccharide	342.12	Amniota Artiodactyla Bacilli Bacillota Bacteria Bilateria Boreoeutheria Canidae Caniformia Canis lupus familiaris Canis lupus Canis Carnivora Chordata Craniata Deuterostomia Dipnotetrapodomorpha Discoba Euglenozoa Eukaryota Eumetazoa Euteleostomi Eutheria Gnathostomata Kinetoplastea Lactobacillales Laurasiatheria Leishmania major species complex Leishmania major Leishmania Leishmania Leishmaniinae Mammalia Metakinetoplastina Metazoa Opisthokonta Sarcopterygii Schizotrypanum Streptococcaceae Streptococcus thermophilus Streptococcus Suidae Suina Sus scrofa Sus Teleostomi Terrabacteria group Tetrapoda Theria Trypanosoma cruzi Trypanosoma Trypanosomatida Trypanosomatidae Vertebrata cellular organisms
G00044MO	GalNAc(a1-6)GalNAc		O-Glycan core 7 fuzzy		Linkage-defined saccharide	424.17	Amniota Bilateria Boreoeutheria Catarrhini Chordata Craniata Deuterostomia Dipnotetrapodomorpha Euarchontoglires Eukaryota Eumetazoa Euteleostomi Eutheria Gnathostomata Haplorrhini Hominidae Homininae Hominoidea Homo sapiens Homo Mammalia Metazoa Opisthokonta Primates Sarcopterygii Simiiformes Teleostomi Tetrapoda Theria Vertebrata cellular organisms
G00043MO	GalNAc(a1-6)GalNAc(a1-	core 7	O-Glycan core 7	G00044MO	Fully-defined saccharide	424.17	Amniota Artiodactyla Bilateria Boreoeutheria Bos taurus Bos Bovidae Bovinae Chordata Craniata Deuterostomia Dipnotetrapodomorpha Eukaryota Eumetazoa Euteleostomi Eutheria Gnathostomata Laurasiatheria Mammalia Metazoa Opisthokonta Pecora Ruminantia Sarcopterygii Teleostomi Tetrapoda Theria Vertebrata cellular organisms
G00042MO	GlcNAc(b1-6)GalNAc		O-Glycan core 6 Fuzzy		Linkage-defined saccharide	424.17	Amniota Bilateria Boreoeutheria Catarrhini Chordata Craniata Deuterostomia Dipnotetrapodomorpha Euarchontoglires Eukaryota Eumetazoa Euteleostomi Eutheria Gnathostomata Haplorrhini Hominidae Homininae Hominoidea Homo sapiens Homo Mammalia Metazoa Opisthokonta Primates Sarcopterygii Simiiformes Teleostomi Tetrapoda Theria Vertebrata cellular organisms
G00041MO	GlcNAc(b1-6)GalNAc(a1-	core 6	O-Glycan core 6	G00042MO	Fully-defined saccharide	424.17	Amniota Bilateria Boreoeutheria Catarrhini Chordata Craniata Deuterostomia Dipnotetrapodomorpha Euarchontoglires Eukaryota Eumetazoa Euteleostomi Eutheria Gnathostomata Haplorrhini Hominidae Homininae Hominoidea Homo sapiens Homo Mammalia Metazoa Opisthokonta Primates Sarcopterygii Simiiformes Teleostomi Tetrapoda Theria Vertebrata cellular organisms
G00040MO	GalNAc(a1-3)GalNAc		O-Glycan core 5 fuzzy		Linkage-defined saccharide	424.17	Amniota Archelosauria Archosauria Aves Bilateria Boreoeutheria Catarrhini Chordata Coelurosauria Craniata Deuterostomia Dinosauria Dipnotetrapodomorpha Euarchontoglires Eukaryota Eumetazoa Euteleostomi Eutheria Galliformes Galloanserae Gallus gallus Gallus Gnathostomata Haplorrhini Hominidae Homininae Hominoidea Homo sapiens Homo Mammalia Metazoa Neognathae Opisthokonta Phasianidae Phasianinae Primates Sarcopterygii Sauria Saurischia Sauropsida Simiiformes Teleostomi Tetrapoda Theria Theropoda Vertebrata cellular organisms
G00039MO	GalNAc(a1-3)GalNAc(a1-	core 5	O-Glycan core 5	G00040MO	Fully-defined saccharide	424.17	Amniota Bacteria Bilateria Boreoeutheria Catarrhini Chordata Craniata Deuterostomia Dipnotetrapodomorpha Enterobacterales Enterobacteriaceae Escherichia coli Escherichia Euarchontoglires Eukaryota Eumetazoa Euteleostomi Eutheria Gammaproteobacteria Gnathostomata Haplorrhini Hominidae Homininae Hominoidea Homo sapiens Homo Mammalia Metazoa Opisthokonta Primates Pseudomonadota Sarcopterygii Simiiformes Teleostomi Tetrapoda Theria Vertebrata cellular organisms
G00038MO	GlcNAc(b1-3)[GlcNAc(b1-6)]GalNAc		O-Glycan core 4 fuzzy		Linkage-defined saccharide	627.25	Amniota Bilateria Boreoeutheria Catarrhini Chordata Craniata Deuterostomia Dipnotetrapodomorpha Euarchontoglires Eukaryota Eumetazoa Euteleostomi Eutheria Gnathostomata Haplorrhini Hominidae Homininae Hominoidea Homo sapiens Homo Mammalia Metazoa Opisthokonta Primates Sarcopterygii Simiiformes Teleostomi Tetrapoda Theria Vertebrata cellular organisms
G00037MO	GlcNAc(b1-3)[GlcNAc(b1-6)]GalNAc(a1-	core 4	O-Glycan core 4	G00038MO	Fully-defined saccharide	627.25	Amniota Bilateria Boreoeutheria Catarrhini Chordata Craniata Deuterostomia Dipnotetrapodomorpha Euarchontoglires Eukaryota Eumetazoa Euteleostomi Eutheria Gnathostomata Haplorrhini Hominidae Homininae Hominoidea Homo sapiens Homo Mammalia Metazoa Opisthokonta Primates Sarcopterygii Simiiformes Teleostomi Tetrapoda Theria Vertebrata cellular organisms
G00036MO	GlcNAc(b1-3)GalNAc		O-Glycan core 3 fuzzy		Linkage-defined saccharide	424.17	Acinetobacter baumannii Acinetobacter calcoaceticus/baumannii complex Acinetobacter Amniota Bacteria Bilateria Boreoeutheria Catarrhini Chordata Craniata Deuterostomia Dipnotetrapodomorpha Euarchontoglires Eukaryota Eumetazoa Euteleostomi Eutheria Gammaproteobacteria Gnathostomata Haplorrhini Hominidae Homininae Hominoidea Homo sapiens Homo Mammalia Metazoa Moraxellaceae Moraxellales Opisthokonta Primates Pseudomonadota Sarcopterygii Simiiformes Teleostomi Tetrapoda Theria Vertebrata cellular organisms
G00035MO	GlcNAc(b1-3)GalNAc(a1-	core 3	O-Glycan core 3	G00036MO	Fully-defined saccharide	424.17	Amniota Bilateria Boreoeutheria Catarrhini Chordata Craniata Deuterostomia Dipnotetrapodomorpha Euarchontoglires Eukaryota Eumetazoa Euteleostomi Eutheria Glires Gnathostomata Haplorrhini Hominidae Homininae Hominoidea Homo sapiens Homo Mammalia Metazoa Muridae Murinae Muroidea Myomorpha Opisthokonta Primates Rattus norvegicus Rattus Rodentia Sarcopterygii Simiiformes Teleostomi Tetrapoda Theria Vertebrata cellular organisms
G00034MO	Gal(b1-3)[GlcNAc(b1-6)]GalNAc		O-Glycan core 2 fuzzy		Linkage-defined saccharide	586.22	Amniota Artiodactyla Bilateria Boreoeutheria Bovidae Caprinae Catarrhini Chordata Craniata Cricetidae Cricetinae Cricetulus griseus Cricetulus Deuterostomia Dipnotetrapodomorpha Euarchontoglires Eukaryota Eumetazoa Euteleostomi Eutheria Glires Gnathostomata Haplorrhini Hominidae Homininae Hominoidea Homo sapiens Homo Laurasiatheria Mammalia Metazoa Muridae Murinae Muroidea Myomorpha Opisthokonta Ovis aries Ovis Pecora Primates Rattus Rodentia Ruminantia Sarcopterygii Simiiformes Teleostomi Tetrapoda Theria Vertebrata cellular organisms
G00033MO	Gal(b1-3)[GlcNAc(b1-6)]GalNAc(a1-	core 2	O-Glycan core 2	G00034MO	Fully-defined saccharide	586.22	Acalyptratae Amniota Arthropoda Betacoronavirus Bilateria Boreoeutheria Brachycera Catarrhini Chordata Cornidovirineae Coronaviridae Craniata Cyclorrhapha Deuterostomia Dicondylia Dipnotetrapodomorpha Diptera Drosophila melanogaster Drosophila Drosophilidae Drosophilinae Drosophilini Ecdysozoa Endopterygota Ephydroidea Eremoneura Euarchontoglires Eukaryota Eumetazoa Euteleostomi Eutheria Glires Gnathostomata Haplorrhini Hexapoda Hominidae Homininae Hominoidea Homo sapiens Homo Insecta Mammalia Mandibulata Metazoa Muridae Murinae Muroidea Mus musculus Mus Mus Muscomorpha Myomorpha Neoptera Nidovirales Opisthokonta Orthocoronavirinae Orthornavirae Panarthropoda Pancrustacea Pisoniviricetes Pisuviricota Primates Protostomia Pterygota Rattus norvegicus Rattus Riboviria Rodentia Sarbecovirus Sarcopterygii Schizophora Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus Simiiformes Sophophora Teleostomi Tetrapoda Theria Vertebrata Viruses cellular organisms melanogaster group melanogaster subgroup
G00032MO	Gal(b1-3)GalNAc		O-Glycan core 1 fuzzy		Linkage-defined saccharide	383.14	Amniota Archelosauria Archosauria Aves Bacteria Bilateria Boreoeutheria Campylobacter coli Campylobacter Campylobacteraceae Campylobacterales Campylobacterota Catarrhini Chordata Coelurosauria Craniata Deuterostomia Dinosauria Dipnotetrapodomorpha Enterobacterales Enterobacteriaceae Epsilonproteobacteria Euarchontoglires Eukaryota Eumetazoa Euteleostomi Eutheria Galliformes Galloanserae Gallus gallus Gallus Gammaproteobacteria Gnathostomata Haplorrhini Hominidae Homininae Hominoidea Homo sapiens Homo Mammalia Metazoa Neognathae Opisthokonta Phasianidae Phasianinae Primates Pseudomonadota Sarcopterygii Sauria Saurischia Sauropsida Shigella dysenteriae Shigella Simiiformes Teleostomi Tetrapoda Theria Theropoda Vertebrata cellular organisms
G00031MO	Gal(b1-3)GalNAc(a1-	T Antigen core 1	O-Glycan core 1 T antigen TF antigen	G00032MO	Fully-defined saccharide	383.14	Acalyptratae Acanthomorphata Actinopteri Actinopterygii Amniota Arthropoda Artiodactyla Bacteria Bacteroidaceae Bacteroidales Bacteroides ovatus Bacteroides Bacteroidia Bacteroidota/Chlorobiota group Bacteroidota Betacoronavirus Bilateria Boreoeutheria Bos taurus Bos Bovidae Bovinae Brachycera Canidae Caniformia Canis lupus familiaris Canis lupus Canis Carnivora Catarrhini Cercopithecidae Cercopithecinae Cercopithecoidea Chordata Clupeocephala Cornidovirineae Coronaviridae Craniata Cricetidae Cricetinae Cricetulus griseus Cricetulus Ctenosquamata Cyclorrhapha Deuterostomia Dicondylia Dipnotetrapodomorpha Diptera Drosophila melanogaster Drosophila Drosophilidae Drosophilinae Drosophilini Ecdysozoa Endopterygota Enterobacterales Enterobacteriaceae Ephydroidea Eremoneura Euarchontoglires Eukaryota Eumetazoa Eurypterygia Euteleosteomorpha Euteleostomi Eutheria FCB group Gadariae Gadidae Gadiformes Gadoidei Gadus chalcogrammus Gadus Gammaproteobacteria Glires Gnathostomata Haplorrhini Hexapoda Hominidae Homininae Hominoidea Homo sapiens Homo Insecta Lagomorpha Laurasiatheria Leporidae Macaca mulatta Macaca Mammalia Mandibulata Metazoa Muridae Murinae Muroidea Mus musculus Mus Mus Muscomorpha Myomorpha Neoptera Neopterygii Neoteleostei Nidovirales Opisthokonta Orthocoronavirinae Orthornavirae Oryctolagus cuniculus Oryctolagus Osteoglossocephalai Panarthropoda Pancrustacea Paracanthopterygii Pecora Pisoniviricetes Pisuviricota Pollachius pollachius Pollachius Primates Protostomia Pseudomonadota Pterygota Rattus norvegicus Rattus Riboviria Rodentia Ruminantia Sarbecovirus Sarcopterygii Schizophora Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus Shigella dysenteriae Shigella Simiiformes Sophophora Suidae Suina Sus scrofa domesticus Sus scrofa Sus Teleostei Teleostomi Tetrapoda Theria Vertebrata Viruses Zeiogadaria cellular organisms melanogaster group melanogaster subgroup
G00027MO	Man(a1-3)[Man(a1-6)]Man(b1-4)GlcNAc(b1-			G63560NE	Fully-defined saccharide	707.25	Amniota Bilateria Boreoeutheria Chordata Craniata Deuterostomia Dipnotetrapodomorpha Euarchontoglires Eukaryota Eumetazoa Euteleostomi Eutheria Glires Gnathostomata Mammalia Metazoa Muridae Murinae Muroidea Mus musculus Mus Mus Myomorpha Opisthokonta Rattus norvegicus Rattus Rodentia Sarcopterygii Teleostomi Tetrapoda Theria Vertebrata cellular organisms

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