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alternansucrases

alternansucrases is the plural of alternansucrase.

Meaning of alternansucrase

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.

Questions about alternansucrases

What is alternansucrases the plural of?
Alternansucrases is the plural of alternansucrase.

Words near alternansucrases in the dictionary

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

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