xylosyltransferase

noun

Any glycosyltransferase that catalyzes the transfer of xylose.

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Meanings

nounxylosyltransferase (plural xylosyltransferases)

plural xylosyltransferases

  1. biochemistryAny glycosyltransferase that catalyzes the transfer of xylose.

    Here, we use a chemical biology tactic termed bump-and-hole (BH) engineering to probe the substrates of human xylosyltransferases in living cells.

    2026, Li, Z., Chawla, H., Di Vagno, L. et al., “Xylosyltransferase engineering to manipulate proteoglycans in mammalian cells”, in Nat Chem Biol, volume 22, →DOI, pages 612–621

Origin

From xylosyl + transferase.

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