Meanings
nounmonoglucose (uncountable)
- uncountablebiochemistryA single glucose moiety in a macromolecule
As an extremely sensitive sensor of the tertiary structure of glycoproteins, UGT1 catalyzes the addition of monoglucose to the defective glycoprotein for repair through an unconventional pathway.
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