| glycogen synthase-d phosphatase | <enzyme> An enzyme that catalyses the conversion of phosphorylated, inactive glycogen synthase d to active dephosphoglycogen synthase I. Chemical name: (UDPglucose:glycogen 4-alpha-D-glucosyltransferase-D) phosphohydrolase Registry number: EC 3.1.3.42 (12 Dec 1998) |
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| glycogen synthetase | <enzyme> An enzyme which makes amylose out of glucose molecules (a type of sugar) and attaches them to glycogen (a type of polysaccharide). (09 Oct 1997) |
| glycogenase | alpha-amylase, beta-amylase |
| glycogenesis | The formation of glycogen from food. (27 Sep 1997) |
| glycogenetic | Glycogenic;relating to glycogenesis. Synonym: d-glycogenous. (05 Mar 2000) |
| glycogenic | Giving rise to or producing glycogen. (05 Mar 2000) |
| glycogenic acanthosis | <radiology> Benign, multiple small mucosal nodules in oesophagus, degenerative accumulation of glycogen in squamous epithelium (12 Dec 1998) |
| glycogenolysis | The breaking down, or catabolism, of the polysaccharide glycogen into molecules of the sugar glucose and molecules of glucose 1-phosphate within the body by enzymes. The enzymes are controlled by nerve impulses and hormones. Origin: Gr. Lysis = dissolution (09 Oct 1997) |
| glycogenosis | Any of the glycogen deposition diseases characterised by accumulation of glycogen of normal or abnormal chemical structure in tissue; there may be enlargement of the liver, heart, or striated muscle, including the tongue, with progressive muscular weakness. Seven types (Cori classification) are recognised, depending on the enzyme deficiency involved, all of autosomal recessive inheritance, but with a different gene for each enzyme deficiency. Synonym: dextrinosis, glycogen-storage disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| glycogeusia | A subjective sweet taste. Origin: Glyco-+ G. Geusis, taste (05 Mar 2000) |
| glycoglycinuria | A metabolic disorder characterised by glucosuria and hyperglycinuria; autosomal dominant inheritance. (05 Mar 2000) |
| glycol | <chemistry> A thick, colourless liquid, C2H4(OH)2, of a sweetish taste, produced artificially from certain ethylene compounds. It is a diacid alcohol, intermediate between ordinary ethyl alcohol and glycerin. Any one of the large class of diacid alcohols, of which glycol proper is the type. Origin: Glycerin + -ol. See Glycerin. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| glycol ethers | Chemicals such as ethylene glycol monomethyl ether and ethylene glycol monoethyl ether; they are teratogens which induce testicular atrophy in animals. (05 Mar 2000) |
| glycolaldehyde | HOCH2CHO;the simplest (2-carbon) sugar; the aerobic deamination product of ethanolamine. Synonym: biose, diose. Active glycoaldehyde, 2-(1,2-dihydroxyethyl)thiamin pyrophosphate;a derivative formed in carbohydrate metabolism. (05 Mar 2000) |
| glycolaldehydetransferase | transaldolase |