Definition of Fucose

1. Noun. (carbohydrates) The aldohexose ''(3S,4R,5R,6S)-6-methyloxane-2,3,4,5-tetrol'' present in several glycans and mucopolysaccharides ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fucose

1. a type of sugar [n -S]

Medical Definition of Fucose

1. 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. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fucose

fucoid
fucoid algae
fucoidal
fucoidan
fucoidans
fucoids
fucolipid
fucolipids
fucopeptide
fucopyranose
fucopyranoses
fucosamine
fucosamines
fucose (current term)
fucoses
fucosidase
fucosidases
fucoside
fucosidoses
fucosidosis
fucosterol epoxide lyase
fucosyl
fucosyl galactose alpha-n-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase
fucosyl transferase
fucosylated
fucosylation
fucosyls
fucosyltransferase

Literary usage of Fucose

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"L-fucose 1-phosphate (7, 8), a first its ultimate incorporation into thyro- i (9). In this paper, we report the jf hypophysectomy and TSH admin- i on ..."

2. A Handbook of Sugar Analysis: A Practical and Descriptive Treatise for Use by Charles Albert Browne (1912)
"fucose consists of microscopic needle-shaped crystals of an agreeable sweet taste ... fucose gives all the reactions characteristic of the methyl- pentoses, ..."

3. A Handbook of Sugar Analysis: A Practical and Descriptive Treatise for Use by Charles Albert Browne (1912)
"The yield of fucose by this process is 3 to 8 grams from 1 kg. of seaweed. ... fucose consists of microscopic needle-shaped crystals of an agreeable sweet ..."

4. A Handbook of Sugar Analysis: A Practical and Descriptive Treatise for Use by Charles Albert Browne (1912)
"The yield of fucose by this process is 3 to 8 grams from 1 kg. of seaweed. ... fucose consists of microscopic needle-shaped crystal? of an agreeable sweet ..."

5. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1890)
"fucose rotates strongly to the left and, in the beginning, ... Alkaline copper solution is strongly reduced by fucose : (1 cc of Fehling's solution = 6 to ..."

6. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"fucose crystallises slowly in minute needles, mp 130°-140°. ... and forms derivatives having the same melting-point as those from fucose just described. ..."

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