Definition of Rhamnogalacturonan

1. Noun. (carbohydrate) A polysaccharide, consisting mostly of rhamnose and galacturonic acid, that is found in plant cell walls ¹

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Medical Definition of Rhamnogalacturonan

1. Plant cell wall polysaccharide consisting principally of rhamnose and galacturonic acid. Present as a major part of the pectin of the primary cell wall. Two types known: rhamnogalacturonan I (RG I), the major component, which contains rhamnose, galacturonic acid, arabinose and galactose and rhamnogalacturonan II, (RG II), containing at least four different sugars in addition to galacturonic acid and rhamnose. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rhamnogalacturonan

rhadamanthine
rhadinovirus
rhadinoviruses
rhaetizite
rhagade
rhagades
rhagadiform
rhagamanthus
rhagiocrine cell
rhaita
rhaitas
rhamnaceous
rhamnanase
rhamnetin
rhamnitol
rhamnogalacturonan (current term)
rhamnogalacturonan acetylesterase
rhamnogalacturonan rhamnohydrolase
rhamnopyranose
rhamnopyranoses
rhamnose
rhamnose permease
rhamnoses
rhamnoside
rhamnosides
rhamnoxanthin
rhamnulokinase
rhamnulose
rhamnuses

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