laminaritetraose

English

Noun

laminaritetraose (uncountable)

1. (biochemistry) An oligosaccharide composed of two laminaribiose moieties
   • 2016 February 19, “Prediction of Certain Well-Characterized Domains of Known Functions within the PE and PPE Proteins of Mycobacteria”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     Between the N and C-terminal domains, the model contains an electronegatively charged wide groove comprising several conserved residues that include the above catalytic residues and four amino acid residues; Thr156, Asn158, Trp163 and Thr167 involved in sugar binding that accommodate the laminaritetraose molecule.