Definition of Glycosyl

1. Noun. (biochemistry) Any functional group derived from a sugar (especially from a monosaccharide) by removal of the hemiacetal hydroxy group ¹

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Definition of Glycosyl

1. a radical derived from glucose [n -S]

Medical Definition of Glycosyl

1. The radical resulting from detachment of the OH of the hemiacetal or hemiketal of a saccharide. Compare: glycoside. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Glycosyl

glycosidic bond
glycosidically
glycosine
glycosines
glycosinolate
glycosinolates
glycoslated
glycosome
glycosphingolipid
glycosphingolipid beta1-3-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase
glycosphingolipid beta1-6-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase
glycosphingolipids
glycostatic
glycosuria
glycosurias
glycosyl (current term)
glycosyl-amino-acid
glycosyl compound
glycosyl group
glycosyl phosphatidyl inositol
glycosylamine
glycosylamines
glycosylase
glycosylases
glycosylate
glycosylated
glycosylated alpha-amylase
glycosylated haemoglobin
glycosylated haemoglobin test
glycosylates

Literary usage of Glycosyl

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"Assuming microscopic reversibility, reaction of the glycosyl enzyme should be along a path the reverse of that for glycoside cleavage, and thus we can ..."

2. Biomedical Technology Resources: A Research Resources Directory edited by Barry Leonard (1998)
"Mass spectrometric techniques for analysis of oligosaccharides; linkage and stereochemical analysis of glycosyl residues of oligosaccharides using mass ..."

3. Directory of Federal Laboratory and Technology Resources: A Guide to (1993)
"Services include qualitative and quantitative oligo- and polysaccharide composition analyses by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC- MS); glycosyl ..."

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