| galactopoietic | <medicine> Increasing the flow of milk; milk-producing. A galactopoietic substance. Origin: Gr, milk + capable of making; fr. To make. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| galactopoietic factor | <protein> Pituitary lactogenic hormone (23 kD) Synthesised on endoplasmic reticulum bound ribosomes as preprolactin that has an N terminal signal peptide that is cleaved from the mature form. The conversion of preprolactin to prolactin has been much used as an assay for membrane insertion. (18 Nov 1997) |
| galactopoietic hormone | <protein> Pituitary lactogenic hormone (23 kD) Synthesised on endoplasmic reticulum bound ribosomes as preprolactin that has an N terminal signal peptide that is cleaved from the mature form. The conversion of preprolactin to prolactin has been much used as an assay for membrane insertion. (18 Nov 1997) |
| galactopyranose | Galactose in pyranose form. (05 Mar 2000) |
| galactorrhoea | <endocrinology> The excessive or spontaneous flow of milk, persistent secretion of milk irrespective of nursing. Origin: Gr. Rhoia = flow (18 Nov 1997) |
| galactosaemia | <biochemistry> A rare genetic (autosomal recessive) disorder characterised by the inability a defect in the enzyme (galactose 1 phosphate uridyl transferase) that converts galactose 1 phosphate into glucose 1 phosphate is absent. Excess galactose 1 phosphate accumulates in the blood and a variety of problems result. Inheritance: autosomal recessive. Origin: Gr. Haima = blood (27 Sep 1997) |
| galactosamine | <chemical> Chemical name: D-Galactose, 2-amino-2-deoxy- (12 Dec 1998) |
| galactosaminidase | <enzyme> Registry number: EC 3.2.1.- (12 Dec 1998) |
| galactosaminoglycan | See: mucopolysaccharide. (05 Mar 2000) |
| galactosans | galactans |
| galactoscope | <instrument> An instrument for judging of the richness and purity of milk by the translucency of a thin layer. Synonym: lactoscope. Origin: Galacto-+ G. Skopeo, to examine (05 Mar 2000) |
| galactose | <biochemistry> Hexose identical to glucose except that orientation of H and OH on carbon 4 are exchanged. A component of cerebrosides and gangliosides, glycoproteins. Lactose, the disaccharide of milk, consists of galactose joined to glucose by a _(1-4) glycosidic link. (18 Nov 1997) |
| galactose 3-O-sulfotransferase | <enzyme> Catalyses transfer of sulfate from adenosine 3'-phosphosulfate to methyl galactosides or terminal n-acetyllactosamine-containing carbohydrate chains Registry number: EC 2.8.2.- (26 Jun 1999) |
| galactose binding protein | <protein> A bacterial periplasmic protein, most studied in E. Coli, that acts both as a sensory element in the detection of galactose as a chemotactic signal and in the uptake of the sugar. (18 Nov 1997) |
| galactose cataract | A neonatal cataract associated with intralenticular accumulation of galactose alcohol. See: galactosaemia. (05 Mar 2000) |