what is n glycosidic linkage?
Glycosidic bonds join monosaccharides or longer sugar chains to other carbohydrates, forming disaccharides, oligosaccharides and polysaccharides. It is a type of covalent bond. ... Conversely, if the anomeric carbon of the sugar forms the bond with the nitrogen atom of an amine, the bond is then called a N-glycosidic bond.