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Hexose vs Hexosyltransferase - What's the difference?

hexose | hexosyltransferase |

As nouns the difference between hexose and hexosyltransferase

is that hexose is (carbohydrate) a sugar or saccharide containing six carbon atoms while hexosyltransferase is (enzyme) any glycosyltransferase that catalyzes the transfer of a hexose.

hexose

English

(wikipedia hexose)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (carbohydrate) A sugar or saccharide containing six carbon atoms.
  • :Glucose is a common hexose

    • Hypernyms

    * monosaccharide

    Hyponyms

    * ketohexose :* psicose :* fructose :* sorbose :* tagatose * aldohexose :* allose :* altrose :* glucose :* mannose :* gulose :* idose :* galactose :* talose * fucose * fuculose * rhamnose

    hexosyltransferase

    English

    Noun

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

    • See also

    *fucosyltransferase *galactosyltransferase *glucosyltransferase *glucuronosyltransferase