Skip to content A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z glycobiogenesis The biogenesis of sugars glycobioinformatics The application of bioinformatics to carbohydrates and related compounds glycobiological Relating to glycobiology. glycobiologist A person involved in glycobiology. glycobiology The study of the biological role of carbohydrates (especially oligosaccharides) and glycosides glycobiomarker A carbohydrate biomarker glycobiome A microbiome associated with an environment rich in glycans glycoblotting an extension of the immunoblotting technique in the analysis of glycomes glycocalicin A glycoprotein associated with platelets glycocalyceal Of or relating to the glycocalyx. glycocalyx A filamentous coating of glycoprotein and polysaccharide on the surface of bacteria and some other cells. glycocapture posttranslational glycosylation of proteins glycochain A chain of sugar groups in a complex polysaccharide glycochemist One who studies glycochemistry. glycochemistry The chemistry of carbohydrates and glycosides glycochenodeoxycholate A salt or ester of glycochenodeoxycholic acid. glycocholase choloylglycine hydrolase, an enzyme used in bile acid biosynthesis. glycocholate Any salt or ester of glycocholic acid. glycocin glycine glycocitrine A particular acridone alkaloid. glycocluster A cluster of glycans proposed as a means of drug delivery glycocode The information encoded in the structure of a carbohydrate glycocoll glycine glycoconjugate Any carbohydrate that is chemically linked (e.g. as a glycoside) to another compound. glycoconjugated conjugated with a carbohydrate glycoconjugation Reaction with, or formation of a glycoconjugate glycocyamidine A cyclic derivative of glycocyamine. glycocyamine A metabolite of glycine in which the amino group has been converted into a guanidine. glycodelin Any of a group of progestagen-associated endometrial glycoproteins. glycodendrimer Any dendrimer composed of sugar moieties glycodeoxycholate The conjugate base, or any salt or ester, of glycodeoxycholic acid. glycodiazine glymidine sodium glycodiversification The study of the function of the diversity of carbohydrates found in nature glycodiversified Modified by glycodiversification glycodiversify To undergo glycodiversification glycodomain Any domain of a glycoprotein, especially of a mucin glycodynamics The dynamics of sugar synthesis and metabolism glycoengineer A person who works at glycoengineering. glycoengineered Modified by glycoengineering glycoengineering The systematic synthesis of glycoprotein antibodies by placing a specific sugar in a specific position. glycoenzyme Any enzyme responsible for the biosynthesis of glycans and glycoconjugates glycoepitope A carbohydrate epitope glycoform Any of several different forms of a glycoprotein (or other biological glycoside) having different saccharides attached, or having a different structure. glycofraction A fraction that contains carbohydrates glycogen A polysaccharide that is the main form of carbohydrate storage in animals; converted to glucose as needed. glycogenase Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of glycogen glycogenated Associated with glycogen (used especially of hepatocyte nuclei) glycogenation association with glycogen glycogene A gene involved in the glycosylation pathway. glycogenesis The biosynthesis of a sugar glycogenetic Relating to glycogenesis. glycogenic Relating to glycogen glycogenin An enzyme that initiates the conversion of glucose to glycogen glycogenolysis The production of glucose-1-phosphate by splitting a glucose monomer from glycogen using inorganic phosphate glycogenolytic Of, pertaining to, or capable of glycogenolysis, the catabolism of glycogen glycogenomics The application of genomics to the study of carbohydrate-active enzymes glycogenosis A metabolic disorder characterized by the inability to metabolize glycogen properly glycogenosome A vacuole containing glycogen glycogenotic Relating to glycogenosis. glycoglycerolipid Any glycolipid containing at least one sugar residue linked directly to the glycerol moiety glycogroup The sugar part of a glycoprotein glycohemoglobin glycated hemoglobin glycohormone Any hormone that contains a sugar moiety glycohydrolase Any of many enzymes that catalyse the hydrolysis of glycosides glycohydrolysis The hydrolysis of glycosides glycohydrolytic Of, pertaining to or causing glycohydrolysis glycoinformatic Relating to glycoinformatics glycoinformatics The bioinformatics of sugars glycoinositol inositol and another carbohydrate (typically as part of a phospholipid) glycoinositolphospholipid Any glycolipid containing inositol glycoisoform An isoform of a glycoprotein glycol Any aliphatic diol. glycolaldehyde The hydroxyaldehyde HO-CH₂-CHO related to ethylene glycol; the only biose glycolamide The amide of glycolic acid (2-hydroxyacetamide) glycolate Any salt or ester of a glycolic acid glycolated That has been reacted or treated with glycolic acid glycolic Of or pertaining to glycolic acid or its derivatives glycolide A lactone formed from two molecules of glycolic acid; any derivative of this compound glycoligand Any ligand formed from a sugar moiety glycolignose A substance obtained by boiling the ligneous portion of pinewood in dilute acetic acid and treating it with hot water, alcohol, and ether. glycolipase Any carboxylesterase that hydrolyses glycolipids glycolipid An association of a carbohydrate and a phospholipid, such as phosphatidylinositol, found in cell membranes glycolipidic Related to or composed of glycolipids glycolipidome The set of all glycolipids in a cell or organism glycolipidomics The study of the glycolipidome of an organism or cell glycolipidosis Any of several disorders involving glycolipid synthesis, storage, or transport glycolipodepsipeptide Complex class of natural antibiotics characterized by a sugar, lipid, and cyclic peptide structure used primarily to fight tough Gram-positive bacterial infections. glycolipoprotein Any lipoprotein that has a covalently-bonded carbohydrate glycoliposomal Related to or composed of glycoliposomes. glycoliposome An artificial structural carbohydrate glycolithocholate Any salt, ester or conjugate of glycolithocholic acid glycollate Any salt or ester of glycolic acid. glycollic Only used in glycollic acid glycolmethacrylate The ester (or polymer thereof) of glycol and methacrylic acid glycolonitrile The hydroxylated aliphatic nitrile 2-hydroxyacetonitrile glycoluric Derived from glycol and urea. Hydantoic glycoluril A nitrogenous substance, (HC)₂(HNC(O)NH)₂, obtained by reduction of allantoin. It has many uses. glycolyl The univalent radical HOCH₂CO₂⁻ derived from glycolic acid glycolylation reaction with a glycolyl radical glycolylneuraminate A salt or ester of glycolylneuraminic acid. glycolylneuraminic Describing glycolyl derivatives of neuraminic acids such as sialic acid glycolylurea Hydantoin. glycolysis The cellular degradation of the simple sugar glucose to yield pyruvic acid (pyruvate), and ATP as an energy source glycolytic Of, pertaining to or producing glycolysis glycolytically By means of glycolysis. glycolyzable That can be glycolyzed glycolyze To cause or to undergo glycolysis. glycomacropeptide A relatively large glycopeptide glycomarker Any glycan that is a marker for a specific disease glycomaturation The glycosylation of a glycoprotein precursor to produce the active compound glycome All the polysaccharides, glycosides and similar carbohydrate-related compounds in an organism considered as a whole. glycometabolic Relating to glycometabolism glycometabolism The metabolism of sugars and other carbohydrates glycomic Of or pertaining to glycomics glycomics The study of the biological role of carbohydrates (especially oligosaccharides) and glycosides glycomimetic That mimics the structure or function of a sugar (or glycoside) glycomimicry The modification of the oligosaccharides on the surface of bacteria in order to bypass the immune system glycomodification The modification of a protein by reaction with a sugar, typically to produce a glycoprotein glycomodule A complex of glycoproteins, in a plant cell wall, associated with cellular adhesion glycomolecule Any substance related to simple carbohydrates, but especially such a compound present in a biological macromolecule glycomutant A glycosylated mutation of an enzyme glycomutated Converted into, or associated with a glycomutant glyconanoparticle A nanoparticle composed of carbohydrate, typically of a glycan glyconate Any salt of a glyconic acid glycone The sugar residue of a glycoside. glyconeogenesis The biosynthesis of sugars, typically in the liver glyconeogenic Relating to glyconeogenesis Glyconian A kind of verse in Ancient Greek and Latin poetry, consisting of a spondee, a choriambus, and a pyrrhic. glyconic aldaric glyconin An emulsion of glycerol and egg yolk, formerly used as an ointment, or as a vehicle for medicines, etc. glyconucleolipid A glycolipid form of a nucleolipid glyconutrient Any carbohydrate nutrient, typically a sugar or starch glycooligomer Any oligomer containing sugar moieties glycopattern The pattern of glycosides in a biological sample glycopenia Synonym of glucopenia. glycopeptidase Any enzyme that hydrolyses a glycopeptide or glycoprotein glycopeptide any compound of a carbohydrate and a peptide glycopeptidic Relating to or composed of glycopeptides. glycopeptidolipid Any glycolipid having a glycopeptide component glycopeptidomimetic Any mimetic of a glycopeptide glycophagy feeding on, or metabolism of sugars, especially glucose glycophenotype A phenotype characterised by the presence of specific glycolipids or glycoproteins glycophenotypic Relating to a glycophenotype glycophorin a sialoglycoprotein of the membrane of red blood cells. glycophosphatidylinositol Any glycolipid consisting of phosphatidylinositol attached to a sugar glycophospholipid Any phospholipid containing a sugar moiety glycophospholipoprotein Any lipoprotein of a glycophospholipid glycophosphoprotein Any phosphoprotein that has bound carbohydrate (or glycoprotein that has bound phosphate) glycophyte Any plant that cannot tolerate relatively high concentrations of salt glycophytic Relating to glycophytes.