glycotransferase

noun

Any enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of a sugar moiety

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Meanings

nounglycotransferase (plural glycotransferases)

plural glycotransferases

  1. biochemistryAny enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of a sugar moiety
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    CG33303 is predicted to have the dolichyl-diphosphooligosachharide-protein glycotransferase activity based on its similarity with human Ribophorin I. As candidates from this class show differential effect on different tendon cell clusters i.e. dorsal-anterior and posterior tendon cell cluster it would be interesting to investigate their role in specifying these tendon cell clusters.

    2015 October 22, “A Tendon Cell Specific RNAi Screen Reveals Novel Candidates Essential for Muscle Tendon Interaction”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From glyco- + transferase.

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