Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A sugar having a cyclic structure resembling that of furan.
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- noun chemistry any
cyclic hemiacetal form of amonosaccharide having a five-membered ring (thetetrahydrofuran skeleton)
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Examples
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But, for sugars such as galactose, which is commonly found in dairy produce, around 10 per cent is found in a different ring form called a 'furanose'.
innovations-report 2009
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But, for sugars such as galactose, which is commonly found in dairy produce, around 10 per cent is found in a different ring form called a 'furanose'.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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The answer to the problem was discovered when researchers led by Professor Keith Wilson in the York Structural Biology Laboratory solved the 3D structure of the protein, revealing that it was bound to the rarer furanose form of galactose.
innovations-report 2009
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Experiments by Dr Jennifer Potts in the University's Centre for Magnetic Resonance confirmed that the transporter was the first biological example to recognise furanose over pyranose forms.
innovations-report 2009
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The answer to the problem was discovered when researchers led by Professor Keith Wilson in the York Structural Biology Laboratory solved the 3D structure of the protein, revealing that it was bound to the rarer furanose form of galactose.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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Experiments by Dr. Jennifer Potts in the University's Centre for Magnetic Resonance confirmed that the transporter was the first biological example to recognise furanose over pyranose forms.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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