CarbBuilder reference
Supported residues
Monosaccharides, derivatives and other molecular components currently available for building polysaccharide structures in CarbBuilder.
How to use this reference
Find the residue, then use its CarbBuilder code
The first column shows supported anomers, absolute configurations and ring forms. Items labelled “recent” were highlighted as recently added or expanded in the previous reference page.
| Anomer / configuration / ring | Common name | CarbBuilder code |
|---|---|---|
| Aldose and ketose monosaccharides | ||
| a,b / D / p | abequose (3,6-dideoxy-D-galactose)* | Abe |
| a,b / D,L / f,p | allose | All |
| a,b / D,L / p | altrose | Alt |
| a,b / D,L / p | 6-deoxy altrose | Alt6d |
| a,b / D,L / f,p | arabinose | Ara |
| a,b / L / p | colitose (3,6-dideoxy-L-galactose)* | Col |
| a,b / D / f | erythrose | Ery |
| a,b / D / p | fructose | Fru |
| a,b / L / p | fucose (6-deoxy-L-galactose)* | Fuc |
| a,b / D,L / f,p | galactose | Gal |
| a,b / D,L / f,p | glucose | Glc |
| a / L / p | gulose | Gul |
| a / D / p | heptose Recent | Hep |
| a,b / D,L / p | idose | Ido |
| a,b / D,L / f,p | lyxose | Lyx |
| a,b / D / p | Kdo (3-deoxy-D-manno-oct-2-ulosonic acid)* | Kdo |
| a,b / D,L / f,p | mannose | Man |
| a,b / D / p | N-acetylmuramic acid Recent | MurNAc |
| a / D / p | sialic acid | Neu5Ac |
| a,b / D / p | paratose (3,6-dideoxy-D-glucose)* | Par |
| a / L / p | pneumosamine (2-acetamido-2,6-dideoxy-L-talose) Recent | PneNAc |
| a,b / D / p | quinovose (6-deoxy-D-glucose)* | Qui |
| a,b / D,L / p | rhamnose (6-deoxy-mannose) Updated | Rha |
| a,b / D,L / f,p | ribose | Rib |
| b / D / p | 2-acetamido-2,6-dideoxy-α-D-xylo-hex-4-ulose Recent | Sug |
| a,b / D,L / p | talose Recent | Tal |
| a,b / D / p | tyvelose (3,6-dideoxy-D-mannose)* | Tyv |
| a,b / D,L / f,p | xylose | Xyl |
| Alditol monosaccharides | ||
| D | glucitol | Glcol |
| D | glycerol | Gro |
| D | ribitol | Ribol |
| Other molecules | ||
| – | cyclohexane-1,3-diol Recent | CycHex13diol |
| Derivatives | ||
| – | uronic acid | A |
| – | acetyl | Ac |
| – | amine | N |
| – | N-acetyl | NAc |
| – | N-amidino | NAm |
| Z/E | N-formyl Recent | NFo / NFoZ / NFoE |
| Z/E | N-sulfo Recent | NS |
| – | O-methyl | OMe |
| – | phosphate | P |
| – | phosphoethanolamine | PEtN |
| – | sulpho Recent | S |
| – | 2,3-pyruvate (R)** Recent | 23PyR |
| – | 2,3-pyruvate (S)** Recent | 23PyS |
| – | 4,6-pyruvate (axial Me)** | 46PyA |
| – | 4,6-pyruvate (equatorial Me)** | 46PyE |
| Amino acid derivatives | ||
| – | asparagine Recent | Asn |
| – | serine Recent | Ser |
| – | threonine Recent | Thr |
* When the absolute configuration is part of the trivial name, it may be omitted from the input.
** This substituent is supported only for DGal, DGlc and DMan.