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chitohexose

chitohexose noun: any hexose derived from chitin.

Noun

chitohexose (uncountable)

  1. Any hexose derived from chitin
    • The NAG in + NAG superimposes with the −2 position in the chitohexose in MltA.2015 July 11, Doris H.X. Quay et al., “Structure of the stationary phase survival protein YuiC from B.subtilis”, in BMC Structural Biology, volume 15, →DOI

Origin of chitohexose

From chito- + hexose.

Questions about chitohexose

What does chitohexose mean?
Chitohexose means any hexose derived from chitin.
What part of speech is chitohexose?
Chitohexose is a noun.

Words near chitohexose in the dictionary

  1. chitodextrinase
  2. chitodextrinases
  3. chitodextrins
  4. chitodisaccharide
  5. chitodisaccharides
  6. chitohexose
  7. chitolectin
  8. chitolectins
  9. chitolipooligosaccharide
  10. chitolipooligosaccharides
  11. chiton

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