Cellobiose
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Cellobiose is a noun meaning (biochemistry) A disaccharide, found mainly as a repeat unit in cellulose, in which two glucose units are joined with a 1, 4-β linkage.
Meaning
(biochemistry) A disaccharide, found mainly as a repeat unit in cellulose, in which two glucose units are joined with a 1, 4-β linkage.
Word Forms
- cellobioses
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include cellose, cellobiohydrolase, cellobiosidase, celloheptaose, oligocellosaccharide, glucobiose.
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