Toolboxes for a standardised and systematic study of glycans

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Table 3 Available format translation across databases

Output → Input↓	IUPAC	KCF	LINUCS	Linear Code	GlydeII	GlycoCT
IUPAC		RINGS	GLYCOSCIENCES.de, GlycomeDB, GlycanBuilder	Glycan Builder	GlycomeDB, Glycan Builder	GlycomeDB, UniCarbKB*, Glycan Builder
KCF	UniCarbKB*		RINGS, GlycomeDB	RINGS	GlycomeDB, RINGS	GlycomeDB, RINGS
LINUCS	GLYCOSCIENCES.de	RINGS		Glycan Builder	GlycomeDB, Glycan Builder	GlycomeDB, Glycan Builder
Linear Code		RINGS	GlycomeDB, GlycanBuilder		GlycomeDB, Glycan Builder	GlycomeDB, Glycan Builder
Glyde II	-	RINGS	GlycomeDB	-		GlycomeDB
GlycoCT	UniCarbKB*	RINGS	GlycomeDB, GlycanBuilder	Glycan Builder	GlycomeDB, Glycan Builder

Summary of existing software for parsing and translating the most popular formats (partly illustrated in Figures 1 and 2) and the web resource (described in Table 2) where the tool can be run or downloaded. For instance, a LINUCS (Figure 2A) structure can be translated to KCF (Figure 2E) in the RINGS website. Input formats are listed in the rows, and the output formats in the columns. The asterisk indicates that the parsers/translators are available on request but not directly accessible yet as on other websites.

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