Miguel Gama & Susana Moreira 
Carbohydrate Binding Modules [PDF ebook] 
Functions and Applications

Carbohydrates play an important role in many biological and biochemical processes, including the fertilization, cell differentiation and maturation, protein folding and degradation[6]. Carbohydrates are also involved in a variety of recognition events, such as cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions. Many of these are immunologically relevant processes, namely inflammation host-pathogen interactions, immune response and health disorders, such as arthritis, Alzheimer’s disease, among others. Carbohydrate-active enzymes(CAZymes) play key roles in glycobiology. They are involved in the synthesis and degradation of complex carbohydrates and glyco-conjugates.