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glycosylation

British  
/ ˌɡlaɪkəʊsəˈleɪʃən /

noun

  1. the process by which sugars are chemically attached to proteins to form glycoproteins

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of glycosylation

from glycosyl radical derived from glycose + -ation

Example Sentences

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The first step is glycosylation, which adds a sugar back onto the toxic aglycones.

From Science Daily • Jan. 1, 2026

Trait Biosciences Inc., meanwhile, is using glycosylation, which mimics what the body does when it metabolizes cannabis by attaching a glucose molecule to the substance.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2019

The Asn154 glycosylation sites are shown as green spheres.

From Nature • Apr. 18, 2016

T156A was detected in 89% of the A/H5N1 sequences after 10 passages, and the other 11% of sequences possessed the substitution N154K, which removes the same potential N-linked glycosylation site in HA.

From Science Magazine • Jun. 21, 2012

"The glycosylation process is like the free-radical process," says Dr. Robert Butler, head of the International Longevity Center at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City.

From Time Magazine Archive

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