Definition of Xylulose

1. Noun. (carbohydrates) The ketopentose ''(3R,4S)-1,3,4,5-Tetrahydroxypentan-2-one'' ¹

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Medical Definition of Xylulose

1. A 5 carbon ketose sugar, whose 5 phosphate is an intermediate in the pentose phosphate pathway and the Calvin cycle. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Xylulose

xylostyptic ether
xylosyl
xylosylprotein
xylosylprotein 4-beta-galactosyltransferase
xylosyltransferase
xylosyltransferases
xylotomies
xylotomist
xylotomists
xylotomous
xylotomy
xylotrya
xylotypographic
xylotypography
xyloxemine
xylulose (current term)
xylulose reductase
xyluloses
xylyl
xylylene
xylylenes
xylyls
xynisteri
xynistery
xyr
xyr-
xyrid
xyridaceous
xyrids
xyris

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