transglycosylation

noun

The transfer of a sugar residue from one glycoside to another

OriginEnglish glycosylation ← Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē) ← Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? →
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Meanings

nountransglycosylation (plural transglycosylations)

plural transglycosylations

  1. biochemistryThe transfer of a sugar residue from one glycoside to another

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*terh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*térh₂t
  3. Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂ónts
  4. Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂n̥ts
  5. Proto-Italic*trāns
  6. Proto-Italic*trāns-
  7. Latintrans-
  8. Englishtrans-
  9. Proto-Hellenic*dlukús
  10. Ancient Greekγλῠκῠ́ς (glŭkŭ́s)
  11. Proto-Hellenic*dléukus?
  12. Ancient Greekγλεῦκος (gleûkos)
  13. Frenchglucose
  14. Englishglucosebf.
  15. Englishglycose
  16. Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
  17. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  18. Englishglycosyl
  19. Englishglycosylation
  20. Englishtransglycosylation

From trans- + glycosylation.

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