What does "glycosaminoglycan" mean?

Any polysaccharide that is a polymer of amino sugars; they are the carbohydrate units of proteoglycans.

What is a synonym for "glycosaminoglycan"?

Common synonyms include: gag, gag, glycosylaminogylcan, mucopolysaccharide.

Glycosaminoglycan

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Noun

1
Any polysaccharide that is a polymer of amino sugars; they are the carbohydrate units of proteoglycans.
"Subcellular fractionation techniques have indicated that the greatest percentage of these glycosaminoglycans that is not extracted with water is contained within the microsomal fraction (36-60%)."

Synonyms

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gag gag glycosylaminogylcan mucopolysaccharide

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"Subcellular fractionation techniques have indicated that the greatest percentage of these glycosaminoglycans that is not extracted with water is contained within the microsomal fraction (36-60%)."

Etymology

From glycosamino- (“combining form of glycosamine”) + glycan (“polysaccharide”); compare aminoglycan.

Related phrases

amino sugar

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