Dolichyl β--glucosyl phosphate is a molecule involved in
glycosylation
Glycosylation is the reaction in which a carbohydrate (or ' glycan'), i.e. a glycosyl donor, is attached to a hydroxyl or other functional group of another molecule (a glycosyl acceptor) in order to form a glycoconjugate. In biology (but not al ...
. It is a
polyprenyl glycosyl phosphate having
dolichol as the polyprenyl component and
β--glucose as the glycosyl component.
See also
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Dolichylphosphate-glucose phosphodiesterase
References
Phospholipids
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