amino sugar
Sign in to savemonosaccharide having one alcoholic hydroxy group (commonly but not necessarily in position 2) replaced by an amino group; systematically known as x-amino-x-deoxymonosaccharides. (Glycosylamines are excluded)
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Within Vinony's link graph, amino sugar is referenced by 113 other articles, and connects out to hexose, anomer and monosaccharide.
It is catalogued under the topic Amino sugars.
Its subject is documented across 29 Wikipedia language editions.
Research
77,603 papers- New insights in amino sugar metabolism by the gut microbiome.Gut microbes · 2025
- Amino-sugar glycosidase inhibitors: versatile tools for glycobiologists.Glycobiology · 1992
- Amino Sugar-Enriched Fraction of Korean Red Ginseng Extract Induces the Priming Step of NLRP3 Inflammasome.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
- Exploring Amino Sugar and Phosphoenolpyruvate Metabolism to Improve Escherichia coli N-Acetylneuraminic Acid Production.Journal of agricultural and food chemistry · 2020
- Amino sugar assimilation by Escherichia coli.Journal of bacteriology · 1972
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