Sialosyl-Tn epitope is a cancer associated carbohydrate antigen which may be effective as cancer specific targets for immunotherapy as well as in the development of diagnostic monoclonal antibodies. These antigens appear as clusters of glycopeptide repeating units.This compounds generally contains acetic acid.
ChEBI: O-[N-acetyl-alpha-neuraminyl-(2->6)-N-acetyl-alpha-D-galactosaminyl]-L-serine is a non-proteinogenic L-alpha-amino acid that is N-acetyl-alpha-neuraminyl-(2->6)-N-acetyl-alpha-D-galactosamine linked via an alpha glycosidic bond to the O at position 3 of L-serine. It is a L-serine derivative and a non-proteinogenic L-alpha-amino acid.
