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Also known as ido-hexose

Idose is a hexose, a six carbon monosaccharide. It has an aldehyde group and is thus an aldose. Idose is not found in nature, but its oxidized derivative iduronic acid, is a component of dermatan sulfate and heparan sulfate, which are glycosaminoglycans. The first and third hydroxyls point the opposite way from the second and fourth. It is made by aldol condensation of D- and L-glyceraldehyde. L-Idose is a C-5 epimer of D-glucose.

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aldohexose
Has part
hydrogen
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Idose

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Article · Italiano

L'idosio è un esoso, epimero sul C5 del glucosio. Non è presente in natura o, fino ad ora, non è stato rinvenuto in alcun organismo sebbene il suo acido uronico, l'acido iduronico, sia un composto importante in quanto componente del dermatan solfato e dell'eparan solfato.

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