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glycosyl

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glycosyl /gly·co·syl/ (gli´ko-sil) a radical derived from a carbohydrate by removal of the anomeric hydroxyl group.
gly·co·syl (glk-sl)
n.
A univalent radical resulting from detachment of a hydroxyl group from the hemiacetal of a cyclic glucose.

glycosyl
[glī′kōsil]
the radical formed from a saccharide, such as glucose, by removal of a specific hydroxyl group.

glycosyl
a radical derived from a carbohydrate.

glycosyl transferases
enzymes catalyzing the transfer of a monosaccharide unit from a nucleotide-linked sugar to the non-reducing end of an oligosaccharide chain, or to an appropriate functional group on a protein.


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Furthermore, since the K145N substitution is located within a glycosylation site, the charge alteration may affect glycosyl transferase activity, which results in altered glycosylation.
These ligands, like the receptors, are anchored on the plasma membrane via a glycosyl phosphatidylinositol linkage (ephrin-A) or a transmembrane domain (ephrin-B).
Later, it was recognized that Cry9c may be glycosylated in plants; many believe that glycosylation is a feature of many food allergens (50) and that glycosyl groups contribute substantially to allergen binding (51,52).
 
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