glyco-amino-acid

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Noun[edit]

glyco-amino-acid (plural glyco-amino-acids)

  1. (biochemistry) any glycoside of an amino acid (linked via O-, N- or S-)

Usage notes[edit]

  • The hyphens are needed to avoid implying that the carbohydrate is necessarily linked to the amino group.