Polyglucan

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any polysaccharide containing glucan units

    "It has a structural fold termed GT-B and a retaining mechanism of glucose transfer giving an α-configuration of the growing polyglucan chain (http://www.cazy.org/ )."

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"It has a structural fold termed GT-B and a retaining mechanism of glucose transfer giving an α-configuration of the growing polyglucan chain (http://www.cazy.org/ )."

Etymology

From poly- + glucan.

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