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glycosylphosphatidylinositol

glycosylphosphatidylinositol noun: a glycolipid, containing inositol as the sugar entity, that is involved in the posttranslational modification of protein.

Noun

glycosylphosphatidylinositol (plural glycosylphosphatidylinositols)

  1. A glycolipid, containing inositol as the sugar entity, that is involved in the posttranslational modification of protein

Synonyms of glycosylphosphatidylinositol

Forms of glycosylphosphatidylinositol

pluralglycosylphosphatidylinositols

Questions about glycosylphosphatidylinositol

What does glycosylphosphatidylinositol mean?
Glycosylphosphatidylinositol means a glycolipid, containing inositol as the sugar entity, that is involved in the posttranslational modification of protein.
What part of speech is glycosylphosphatidylinositol?
Glycosylphosphatidylinositol is a noun.
What is the plural of glycosylphosphatidylinositol?
The plural of glycosylphosphatidylinositol is glycosylphosphatidylinositols.

Words near glycosylphosphatidylinositol in the dictionary

  1. glycosylinositol
  2. glycosylinositols
  3. glycosyllipid
  4. glycosyllipids
  5. glycosylphosphatidyl
  6. glycosylphosphatidylinositol
  7. glycosylphosphatidylinositols
  8. glycosylphosphatydilinositol
  9. glycosyls
  10. glycosylsphingolipid
  11. glycosylsphingolipids

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