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ArticleBioinformatics advances2026

GlycoTraitR: an R package for characterizing structural heterogeneity in N-linked glycoproteomics data.

Bingyuan Zhang, Koichi Himori, Yusuke Matsui

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Bingyuan ZhangInstitute for Glyco-core Research (iGCORE), Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8601, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4892-323X
Koichi HimoriInstitute for Glyco-core Research (iGCORE), Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8601, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0006-8878-9473
Yusuke MatsuiInstitute for Glyco-core Research (iGCORE), Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8601, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3977-4313

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Motivation: Glycoproteomics data are rapidly accumulating owing to advances in mass spectrometry and specialized search engines that identify N-linked glycopeptide spectrum matches together with glycan structures. However, the structural heterogeneity of glycosylation remains difficult to interpret, and no unified trait-based framework analyzes these data at both glycosylation-site and protein levels. Results: We developed GlycoTraitR, an R package for trait-based analysis of structural heterogeneity in N-linked glycoproteomics data. It imports search-engine outputs, extracts biologically interpretable glycan structural traits, quantifies microheterogeneity and macroheterogeneity, and compares heterogeneity across experimental conditions. Availability and implementation: The package and source code are freely available at https://github.com/matsui-lab/glycoTraitR. Documentation and a quick-start guide are available at https://matsui-lab.github.io/glycoTraitR/.

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