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Galactosyltransferase vs Hexosyltransferase - What's the difference?

galactosyltransferase | hexosyltransferase | see also |

In enzyme terms the difference between galactosyltransferase and hexosyltransferase

is that galactosyltransferase is any glycosyltransferase enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of galactose entities while hexosyltransferase is any glycosyltransferase that catalyzes the transfer of a hexose.

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.

    • hexosyltransferase

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia hexosyltransferase) (en noun)
  • (enzyme) Any glycosyltransferase that catalyzes the transfer of a hexose

    • See also

    *fucosyltransferase *galactosyltransferase *glucosyltransferase *glucuronosyltransferase