trimannose

English

Etymology

tri- + mannose

Noun

trimannose (uncountable)

  1. (biochemistry) A trimer of mannose
    • 2015 October 6, “Biochemical Characterization of Human Anti-Hepatitis B Monoclonal Antibody Produced in the Microalgae Phaeodactylum tricornutum”, in PLOS ONE, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0139282:
      Exogenous glucocerebrosidase is administered intravenously into patients and glucocerebrosidase preparation currently involves either extraction directly from human placenta or recombinant expression in CHO cells (Cerezyme ® ), which requires in vitro post-purification exoglycosidase digestions to unravel the trimannose core (Man 3 GlcNAc 2 ) using a combination of sialidase, galactosidase, and N-acetylglucosaminidase.

Anagrams

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.