monoglucose

English

Etymology

From mono- +‎ glucose.

Noun

monoglucose (uncountable)

1. (biochemistry) A single glucose moiety in a macromolecule
   • 2016 January 26, “Comparative Proteomics Reveals Important Viral-Host Interactions in HCV-Infected Human Liver Cells”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     As an extremely sensitive sensor of the tertiary structure of glycoproteins, UGT1 catalyzes the addition of monoglucose to the defective glycoprotein for repair through an unconventional pathway.