acylglycerophosphoglucose

noun

A complex lipid molecule consisting of a glycerol backbone esterified with fatty acid (acyl) chains and linked through a phosphate group to a glucose unit; essentially a glycophospholipid comparable to phosphatidylglucose

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Meanings

nounacylglycerophosphoglucose (uncountable)
  1. uncountablechemistryA complex lipid molecule consisting of a glycerol backbone esterified with fatty acid (acyl) chains and linked through a phosphate group to a glucose unit; essentially a glycophospholipid comparable to phosphatidylglucose
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