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An oligosaccharide is a saccharide polymer of a small number of component sugars. They are generally found either O- or N-linked to compatible amino acid side chains in proteins or to lipid moeities.
The basic structure is the same. These structures are synthesised onto asparagine residues on nascent proteins.
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