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glycotransferase

glycotransferase noun: any enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of a sugar moiety.

Noun

glycotransferase (plural glycotransferases)

  1. Any enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of a sugar moiety
    • CG33303 is predicted to have the dolichyl-diphosphooligosachharide-protein glycotransferase activity based on its similarity with human Ribophorin I. As candidates from this class show differential effect on different tendon cell clusters i.e. dorsal-anterior and posterior tendon cell cluster it...2015 October 22, “A Tendon Cell Specific RNAi Screen Reveals Novel Candidates Essential for Muscle Tendon Interaction”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of glycotransferase

pluralglycotransferases

Origin of glycotransferase

From glyco- + transferase.

Questions about glycotransferase

What does glycotransferase mean?
Glycotransferase means any enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of a sugar moiety.
What part of speech is glycotransferase?
Glycotransferase is a noun.
What is the plural of glycotransferase?
The plural of glycotransferase is glycotransferases.

Words near glycotransferase in the dictionary

  1. glycotopes
  2. glycotoxic
  3. glycotoxicity
  4. glycotoxin
  5. glycotoxins
  6. glycotransferase
  7. glycotransferases
  8. glycotripeptide
  9. glycotripeptides
  10. glycotype
  11. glycotypes

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