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Table 1 Encoding of IUPAC monosaccharide α-D-Neup5Ac in databases

Database	Monosaccharide	Substituent
CarbBank	D-gro-a-D-3-deoxy-galNon2ulop5NAc-onic
CarbBank	a-D-Neup5Ac
GLYCOSCIENCES.de	D-gro-a-D-3-deoxy-galNon2ulop5NAc-onic
GLYCOSCIENCES.de	a-D-Neup5Ac
GlycomeDB	a-dgro-dgal-NON-2:6\|1:a\|2:keto\|3:d	(5d-1) n-acetyl
UniCarbKB	a-dgro-dgal-NON-2:6\|1:a\|2:keto\|3:d	(5d-1) n-acetyl
CFG	NNa
BCSDB	aXNeup	(5-1) Ac
Protein Data Bank	SIA
Protein Data Bank	NAN

Overview of how the IUPAC monosaccharide α-D-Neup 5Ac is encoded in different databases as provided by MonosaccharideDB http://www.monosaccharidedb.org. The names of the database (Database), the monosaccharide name (Monosaccharide) and when specified, the separately handled substituent (Substituent), are given in the respectively designated columns. Note that in some databases even different names can be used for the same monosaccharide.

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