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Galactose vs Galactosyltransferase - What's the difference?

galactose | galactosyltransferase |

As nouns the difference between galactose and galactosyltransferase

is that galactose is (carbohydrate) a monosaccharide found, along with lactose, in dairy products, and is synthesized by the body where it is found associated with glycolipids and glycoproteins while galactosyltransferase is (enzyme) any glycosyltransferase enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of galactose entities.

galactose

English

(wikipedia galactose)

Noun

  • (carbohydrate) A monosaccharide found, along with lactose, in dairy products, and is synthesized by the body where it is found associated with glycolipids and glycoproteins.

    • Derived terms

    * galactomannan

    Related terms

    * (l) * (l)

    galactosyltransferase

    English

    (wikipedia galactosyltransferase)

    Alternative forms

    *galactosyl transferase

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (enzyme) Any glycosyltransferase enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of galactose entities.
  • *1999 , (Matt Ridley), Genome , Harper Perennial 2004, p. 138:
  • *:The gene is the recipe for galactosyl transferase , an enzyme, i.e. a protein with the ability to catalyse a chemical reaction.