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xylosyltransferase

xylosyltransferase noun: any glycosyltransferase that catalyzes the transfer of xylose.

Noun

xylosyltransferase (plural xylosyltransferases)

  1. Any glycosyltransferase that catalyzes the transfer of xylose.
    • Here, we use a chemical biology tactic termed bump-and-hole (BH) engineering to probe the substrates of human xylosyltransferases in living cells.2026, Li, Z., Chawla, H., Di Vagno, L. et al., “Xylosyltransferase engineering to manipulate proteoglycans in mammalian cells”, in Nat Chem Biol, volume 22, →DOI, pages 612–621

Forms of xylosyltransferase

pluralxylosyltransferases

Origin of xylosyltransferase

From xylosyl + transferase.

Questions about xylosyltransferase

What does xylosyltransferase mean?
Xylosyltransferase means any glycosyltransferase that catalyzes the transfer of xylose.
What part of speech is xylosyltransferase?
Xylosyltransferase is a noun.
What is the plural of xylosyltransferase?
The plural of xylosyltransferase is xylosyltransferases.

Words near xylosyltransferase in the dictionary

  1. xylosylfructoside
  2. xylosylfructosides
  3. xylosylphosphoryldolichol
  4. xylosylprotein
  5. xylosylproteins
  6. xylosyltransferase
  7. xylosyltransferases
  8. xylotetraose
  9. xylotetraoses
  10. xylotetrose
  11. xylotetroses

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