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polyglucan

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Etymology

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From poly- +‎ glucan.

Noun

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polyglucan (plural polyglucans)

  1. (biochemistry) Any polysaccharide containing glucan units
    • 2015 September 15, “The Role of Cysteine Residues in Redox Regulation and Protein Stability of Arabidopsis thaliana Starch Synthase 1”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      It has a structural fold termed GT-B and a retaining mechanism of glucose transfer giving an α-configuration of the growing polyglucan chain (http://www.cazy.org/ ).