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Meaning of alternansucrase | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

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A glycosyltransferase enzyme that catalyzes a chemical reaction that transfers an alpha-D-glucosyl residue from sucrose alternately to the 6- and 3-positions of the non-reducing terminal residue of an alpha-D-glucan, thereby creating a glucan with alternating alpha-1,6- and alpha-1,3-bonds.

countable, uncountable

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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