alternan

As nouns the difference between terms and alternan

is that terms is while alternan is (biochemistry) the glucan produced by the enzyme alternansucrase.

As nouns the difference between alternant and alternan

is that alternant is an alternate form or allomorph while alternan is the glucan produced by the enzyme alternansucrase.

As an adjective alternant

is alternating from one row of a matrix to another.

As nouns the difference between alternansucrase and alternan

is that alternansucrase is (enzyme) a glycosyltransferase enzyme that catalyzes a chemical reaction that transfers an alpha-d-glucosyl residue from sucrose alternately to the 6- and 3-positions of the non-reducing terminal residue of an alpha-d-glucan, thereby creating a glucan with alternating alpha-1,6- and alpha-1,3-bonds while alternan is (biochemistry) the glucan produced by the enzyme alternansucrase.

As a verb enzyme

is .

As a noun alternan is

(biochemistry) the glucan produced by the enzyme alternansucrase.

As nouns the difference between glucan and alternan

is that glucan is (carbohydrate) any polysaccharide that is a polymer of glucose while alternan is (biochemistry) the glucan produced by the enzyme alternansucrase.