Oligosaccharides are short sugar polymers that can become co

Oligosaccharides are short sugar polymers that can become covalently linked to proteins and lipids through condensation reactions. These modified proteins and lipids are called glycoproteins and glycolipids, respectively. Within a protein, which amino acid shown below is the most probable target for this type of modification? Explain your

Solution

The amino acids which can be modified for the formation of glycoproteins are tryptophan and threonine...

It is because the oligosaccharides can form a O-glycosylation linkage with threonine an can form a glycoproteins..

In case of tryptophan the oligosaccharides can binds with the C-glycosylation linkage to the C-terminal when mannose is being added to the tryptophan amino acids..!!