| fucose | <biochemistry> L fucose (6 deoxy L galactose) is found as a constituent of N glycan chains of glycoproteins, it is the only common L form of sugar involved. D fucose is usually encountered as a synthetic galactose analogue. (18 Nov 1997) |
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| guanosine diphosphate fucose | <chemical> A nucleoside diphosphate sugar formed from GDPmannose, which provides fucose for lipopolysaccharides of bacterial cell walls, and for blood group substances and other glycoproteins. Chemical name: Guanosine 5'-(trihydrogen diphosphate), P'-(6-deoxy-beta-L-galactopyranosyl) ester (12 Dec 1998) |
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| L-fucose permease | <chemical> Synonym: fucose permease (26 Jun 1999) |