We in the Woods group are pleased to announce the new GLYCAM-Web!

General enhancements include:

• Hardware and software are much more stable
• Cleaner, more organized interface
• Greatly expanded (and still expanding!) documentation
• New Glycosaminoglycan (GAG) Builder
• Email notifications
• Bug tracking facility
• Improved visibility of force field information

Enhancements to the Carbohydrate Builder include:

• Build direction is now from non-reducing end to reducing end
• Ability to add derivatives, including permethylation
• improved error checking and prevention
• Simpler build process for branched structures
• Simplified Build-Via-URL

Enhancements to the Glycoprotein Builder include:

• Improved and more flexible PDB file pre-processing
• Ability to handle greater diveristy of PDB files
• Ability to add library glycans to O-linking positions
• Improved glycosylation interface
• Improved PDB Protein Preprocessing