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alternan

alternan noun: the glucan produced by the enzyme alternansucrase.

Noun

alternan (uncountable)

  1. The glucan produced by the enzyme alternansucrase.

Origin of alternan

From its alternating linkage structure.

Questions about alternan

What does alternan mean?
Alternan means the glucan produced by the enzyme alternansucrase.
What part of speech is alternan?
Alternan is a noun.

Words near alternan in the dictionary

  1. alterna-rock
  2. alterna-teen
  3. alterna-teens
  4. alternacies
  5. alternacy
  6. alternan
  7. alternance
  8. alternances
  9. alternansucrase
  10. alternansucrases
  11. alternant

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