chitohexose

C3H4I1T1O1H4E1X8O1S1E1

noun

Any hexose derived from chitin

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Meanings

nounchitohexose (uncountable)
  1. uncountablebiochemistryAny hexose derived from chitin

    The NAG in + NAG superimposes with the −2 position in the chitohexose in MltA.

    2015 July 11, Doris H.X. Quay et al., “Structure of the stationary phase survival protein YuiC from B.subtilis”, in BMC Structural Biology, volume 15, →DOI

Origin

From chito- + hexose.

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