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polyglucan

polyglucan noun: any polysaccharide containing glucan units.

Noun

polyglucan (plural polyglucans)

  1. Any polysaccharide containing glucan units
    • It has a structural fold termed GT-B and a retaining mechanism of glucose transfer giving an α-configuration of the growing polyglucan chain (http://www.cazy.org/ ).2015 September 15, “The Role of Cysteine Residues in Redox Regulation and Protein Stability of Arabidopsis thaliana Starch Synthase 1”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of polyglucan

pluralpolyglucans

Origin of polyglucan

From poly- + glucan.

Questions about polyglucan

What does polyglucan mean?
Polyglucan means any polysaccharide containing glucan units.
What part of speech is polyglucan?
Polyglucan is a noun.
What is the plural of polyglucan?
The plural of polyglucan is polyglucans.

Words near polyglucan in the dictionary

  1. polyglottists
  2. polyglottology
  3. polyglottonic
  4. polyglottous
  5. polyglotts
  6. polyglucan
  7. polyglucans
  8. polyglucosan
  9. polyglucosans
  10. polyglucose
  11. polyglucoside

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