Is saccharide#

Validating whether a residue is a recognized carbohydrate or saccharide unit.

The function molsysmt.element.group.saccharide.is_saccharide() checks group names against standard carbohydrate definitions.

Added in version 1.0.0.

API documentation

Follow this link for a detailed description of the input arguments, raised errors, and returned objects of this function: molsysmt.element.group.saccharide.is_saccharide().

Basic usage#

Let’s test saccharide names:

import molsysmt as msm

print('Is GLC a saccharide?:', msm.element.group.saccharide.is_saccharide('GLC'))
print('Is NAG a saccharide?:', msm.element.group.saccharide.is_saccharide('NAG'))
print('Is ALA a saccharide?:', msm.element.group.saccharide.is_saccharide('ALA'))

Is GLC a saccharide?: True
Is NAG a saccharide?: True
Is ALA a saccharide?: False