| hyaluronic acid | <biochemistry> Polymer composed of repeating dimeric units of glucuronic acid and N acetyl glucosamine. May be of extremely high molecular weight (up to several million daltons) and forms the core of complex proteoglycan aggregates found in extracellular matrix. (18 Nov 1997) |
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| hyaluronic acid synthetase | <enzyme> Incorporation of glucuronic acid into hyaluronic acid from udp-glucuronic acid in the presence of udp-n-acetylglucosamine, EC 2.4.1.17 Registry number: EC 2.4.1.- Synonym: hyaluronate synthetase, hyaluronan synthetase, hyaluronate synthase (26 Jun 1999) |
| hyaluronic lyase | <enzyme> Also acts on chondroitin; formerly EC 4.2.99.1 Registry number: EC 4.2.2.1 Synonym: mucinase, spreading factor (26 Jun 1999) |