Heptose

Définitions de « heptose »

Heptose - Nom commun

• (Biochimie) Ose constitué de sept atomes de carbone.

  Celui-ci peut, à nouveau, servir à la préparation de l’heptose.

Étymologie de « heptose »

Évolution historique de l’usage du mot « heptose » depuis 1800

Citations contenant le mot « heptose »

• The article, “Preferential formation of specific hexose and heptose in the formose reaction under microwave irradiation,” was published in RSC Advances at DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/d2ra07249a

• The heptose sugar maintains the structural integrity of the outer membrane of bacteria and interacts with membrane proteins and divalent cations. The heptose sugar is observed in inner core of lipopolysaccharide of E. coli and P. aeruginosa1. The heptose moiety is involved in ionic interactions and provides barrier to the passage of detergent, dyes and antibiotics through bacterial cell wall2 and is essential for survival of P. aeruginosa3.

• When a person becomes infected with gonorrhea during sexual intercourse, the bacteria releases a molecule called heptose phosphate into their genital tract. Their body recognizes the heptose phosphate as a threat, and sends white blood cells to try to combat it.

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