GLYCOLIPID

Glycolipid

They occur where a carbohydrate chain is associated with phospholipids on the exoplasmic surface of the cell membrane. The carbohydrates are found on the outer surface of all eukaryotic cell membranes. The carbohydrate structure of the glycolipid is controlled by the glycosyltransferases that add the lipids and glycosylhydrolases that modify the glycan after addition.

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glycolipid

Noun

  1. an association of a carbohydrate and a phospholipid, such as phosphatidylinositol, found in cell membranes


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