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alternansucrase

alternansucrase noun: a glycosyltransferase enzyme that catalyzes a chemical reaction that transfers an alpha-D-glucosyl residue from sucrose alternately to the 6- and 3-positions of the non-reducing terminal residue of an alpha-D-glucan, thereby creating a glucan with alternating alpha-1,6- and alpha-1,3-bonds.

Noun

alternansucrase (countable and uncountable, plural alternansucrases)

  1. A glycosyltransferase enzyme that catalyzes a chemical reaction that transfers an alpha-D-glucosyl residue from sucrose alternately to the 6- and 3-positions of the non-reducing terminal residue of an alpha-D-glucan, thereby creating a glucan with alternating alpha-1,6- and alpha-1,3-bonds.

Forms of alternansucrase

pluralalternansucrases

Origin of alternansucrase

From alternan + sucrase.

Questions about alternansucrase

What does alternansucrase mean?
Alternansucrase means a glycosyltransferase enzyme that catalyzes a chemical reaction that transfers an alpha-D-glucosyl residue from sucrose alternately to the 6- and 3-positions of the non-reducing terminal residue of an alpha-D-glucan, thereby creating a glucan with alternating alpha-1,6- and alpha-1,3-bonds.
What part of speech is alternansucrase?
Alternansucrase is a noun.
What is the plural of alternansucrase?
The plural of alternansucrase is alternansucrases.

Words near alternansucrase in the dictionary

  1. alternacies
  2. alternacy
  3. alternan
  4. alternance
  5. alternances
  6. alternansucrase
  7. alternansucrases
  8. alternant
  9. alternanthera
  10. alternantheras
  11. alternants

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