transfructosylation

noun

The transfer of fructosyl groups within or between molecules

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Meanings

nountransfructosylation (plural transfructosylations)

plural transfructosylations

  1. biochemistryThe transfer of fructosyl groups within or between molecules

    Nonetheless, to the best of our knowledge, the capacity of raffinose and stachyose to act as fructosyl donors in transfructosylation reactions catalyzed by the levansucrase of B.

    2015 September 26, “Valorization of Cheese and Tofu Whey through Enzymatic Synthesis of Lactosucrose”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From trans- + fructosyl + -ation.

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