X-ray structures of the conformation of carbohydrate moieties and connected regions of glycoproteins are summarized. Evidence is presented that there is some preference for carbohydrate attachment at beta-bends. Evolution may have favored glycosylation to occur at bends to ensure free mobility of the carbohydrate moieties.
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