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polyglucans

polyglucans is the plural of polyglucan.

Meaning of polyglucan

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

Questions about polyglucans

What is polyglucans the plural of?
Polyglucans is the plural of polyglucan.

Words near polyglucans in the dictionary

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

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