glycosylationn.
/ɡlʌɪkɒsɪˈleɪʃən/ Biochemistry.
The introduction of a glycosyl group into a molecule or compound, esp. a protein, by the formation of a glycosidic bond.
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1945 Jrnl. Amer. Chem. Soc. 67 1763/2 The glycosylation of benzene with fully acetylated sugars has been shown to proceed in the presence of aluminium chloride.
1979 Sci. Amer. Jan. 43/3 To study the insertion and glycosylation of the protein, membranes from the endoplasmic reticulum that have been stripped of their endogenous ribosomes must also be present.
1987 D. J. Weatherall et al. Oxf. Textbk. Med. (ed. 2) I. viii. 24 It has been suggested that vitamin A plays a role in the glycosylation of glycoproteins.
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glyˈcosylate v. (transitive) to add a glycosyl group into (a molecule or compound).
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1945 Jrnl. Amer. Chem. Soc. 67 1975/2 It is interesting briefly to contrast the Grignard and Friedel–Crafts methods for glycosylating hydrocarbons.
glyˈcosylated adj.
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proteinaceous1844
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proteinic1876
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microtrabecular1976
polytopic1980
1945 Jrnl. Amer. Chem. Soc. 67 1975/1 The stereochemical configurations in all the glycosylated aromatic hydrocarbons prepared in the previous catalytic studies must, therefore, parallel the configurations of the parent sugars.
1979 Sci. Amer. Nov. 59/2 In the blood of diabetics glycosylated forms of hemoglobin are unusually common.
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