keratan sulfate /ker·a·tan sul·fate/ (ker´ah-tan) either of two glycosaminoglycans (I and II), consisting of repeating disaccharide units of N -acetylglucosamine and galactose, but differing slightly in carbohydrate content and localization. It occurs in cartilage, the cornea, and in the nucleus pulposus and is also an accumulation product in Morquio's syndrome.
ker·a·tan sulfate (k r  -t n )n. Any of several mucopolysaccharides in cartilage, bone, connective tissue, and the cornea. Also called keratosulfate. |
keratan sulfate
a glycosaminoglycan which exists as either of two sulfated mucopolysaccharides (I and II). Keratan sulfate is an important component of the proteoglycan of cartilage, and occurs in the cornea and the nucleus pulposus.
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