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Glycan vs Glycanase - What's the difference?

glycan | glycanase |

As nouns the difference between glycan and glycanase

is that glycan is (chemistry) any polysaccharide or oligosaccharide, especially one that is part of a glycoprotein or glycolipid while glycanase is (enzyme) any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a glycan.

glycan

English

(wikipedia glycan)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (chemistry) Any polysaccharide or oligosaccharide, especially one that is part of a glycoprotein or glycolipid

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    glycanase

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (enzyme) Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a glycan

    • Derived terms

    * endoglycanase * exoglycanase

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