Monoglucose

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A single glucose moiety in a macromolecule uncountable

    "As an extremely sensitive sensor of the tertiary structure of glycoproteins, UGT1 catalyzes the addition of monoglucose to the defective glycoprotein for repair through an unconventional pathway."

Example

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"As an extremely sensitive sensor of the tertiary structure of glycoproteins, UGT1 catalyzes the addition of monoglucose to the defective glycoprotein for repair through an unconventional pathway."

Etymology

From mono- + glucose.

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