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dolichol

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dol·i·chol (dl-kôl)
n.
Any of various long-chain unsaturated isoprenoid alcohols found either free or phosphorylated in membranes of the endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi apparatus.

dolichol
special lipid molecule that links oligosaccharide to asparagine residues in proteins via a pyrophosphate bridge; an example of protein glycosylation.


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