chemistry, an amino sugar is a sugar molecule in which a hydroxyl group has been replaced with an amine group. More than 60 amino sugars are known, with...
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Aminoglycoside (redirect from Amino glycoside)
the molecule an amino-modified glycoside (sugar). The term can also refer more generally to any organic molecule that contains amino sugar substructures...
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Glucosamine (redirect from 2-amino-2-deoxy-D-glucose chitosamine)
Glucosamine (C6H13NO5) is an amino sugar and a prominent precursor in the biochemical synthesis of glycosylated proteins and lipids. Glucosamine is part...
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Amino is an adjective form of ammonia. Amino may also refer to: Amino (app), an American online application Amino (surname), a Japanese surname Amino...
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N-Acetylgalactosamine (GalNAc), is an amino sugar derivative of galactose. In humans it is the terminal carbohydrate forming the antigen of blood group...
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N-Acetyltalosaminuronic acid (category Amino sugars)
N-Acetyltalosaminuronic acid is a uronic acid. It is a component of pseudopeptidoglycan, a structural polymer found in the cell walls in some types of...
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repeating disaccharide units (i.e. two-sugar units). The repeating two-sugar unit consists of a uronic sugar and an amino sugar, except in the case of the sulfated...
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Urea cycle (redirect from Urea cycle and metabolism of amino groups)
takes place primarily in the liver and, to a lesser extent, in the kidneys. Amino acid catabolism results in waste ammonia. All animals need a way to excrete...
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A branched-chain amino acid (BCAA) is an amino acid having an aliphatic side-chain with a branch (a central carbon atom bound to three or more carbon...
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An aromatic amino acid is an amino acid that includes an aromatic ring. Among the 20 standard amino acids, histidine, phenylalanine, tryptophan, tyrosine...
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consisting of sugars and amino acids that forms a mesh-like layer (sacculus) that surrounds the bacterial cytoplasmic membrane. The sugar component consists...
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N-Acetylmuramic acid (category Amino sugars)
antistaphylococcal substances". Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 48 (2): 209–217. doi:10.1093/jac/48.2.209. PMID 11481290. Amino sugar Glucosamine...
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In biochemistry, non-coded or non-proteinogenic amino acids are distinct from the 22 proteinogenic amino acids (21 in eukaryotes), which are naturally encoded...
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reducing sugar to form 3-amino-5-nitrosalicylic acid, which can be measured by spectrophotometry to determine the amount of reducing sugar that was present...
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Muramic acid (category Amino sugars)
Muramic acid is an amino sugar acid. In terms of chemical composition, it is the ether of lactic acid and glucosamine. It occurs naturally as N-acetylmuramic...
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of a unique tetracyclic ring system attached to an amino sugar (D-forosamine) and a neutral sugar (tri-Ο-methyl-L-rhamnose). Spinosad is relatively nonpolar...
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N-Acetylneuraminic acid (category Amino sugars)
N-Acetylneuraminic acid (Neu5Ac or NANA) is the predominant sialic acid found in human cells, and many mammalian cells. Other forms, such as N-Glycolylneuraminic...
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Carbohydrate metabolism (redirect from Sugar metabolism)
breakdown of proteins, these substrates include glucogenic amino acids (although not ketogenic amino acids); from breakdown of lipids (such as triglycerides)...
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pathway parallel to glycolysis. It generates NADPH and pentoses (5-carbon sugars) as well as ribose 5-phosphate, a precursor for the synthesis of nucleotides...
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Neuraminic acid (category Amino sugars)
Neuraminic acid (5-amino-3,5-dideoxy-D-glycero-D-galacto-non-2-ulosonic acid) is an acidic (in particular ulosonic) amino sugar with a backbone formed...
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N-Glycolylneuraminic acid (category Amino sugars)
N-Glycolylneuraminic acid (Neu5Gc) is a sialic acid molecule found in most non-human mammals. Humans cannot synthesize Neu5Gc because the human gene CMAH...
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Monosaccharide (redirect from Simple sugar)
Monosaccharides (from Greek monos: single, sacchar: sugar), also called simple sugars, are the simplest forms of sugar and the most basic units (monomers) from which...
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Hexosamines are amino sugars created by adding an amine group to a hexose. Examples include: Fructosamine (based upon fructose) Galactosamine (based upon...
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Aspartame (redirect from AminoSweet)
overall taste more like that of sugar. Like many other peptides, aspartame may hydrolyze (break down) into its constituent amino acids under conditions of elevated...
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Tildipirosin (category Amino sugars)
Tildipirosin, sold under the brand name Zuprevo is an antibiotic used in pigs and cattle. In the United States, tildipirosin is indicated for the treatment...
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Protein metabolism (redirect from Amino acid metabolism)
various biochemical processes responsible for the synthesis of proteins and amino acids (anabolism), and the breakdown of proteins by catabolism. The steps...
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breakdown of proteins, these substrates include glucogenic amino acids (although not ketogenic amino acids); from breakdown of lipids (such as triglycerides)...
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may be responsible for the synthesis of a particular amino acid, but the breakdown of that amino acid may occur via a separate and distinct pathway. One...
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CA19-9 (category Amino sugars)
Carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA19-9), also known as sialyl-LewisA, is a tetrasaccharide which is usually attached to O-glycans on the surface of cells. It...
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Pseudopeptidoglycan is composed of two sugars, N-acetylglucosamine and N-acetyltalosaminuronic acid. These sugars are made of different amino acids, and the peptide cross-links...
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