glyco-amino-acid

Also contains definition of: glycosyl-amino-acid
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.G02650
A saccharide attached to a single amino acid by any kind of @C01384@. A glycosyl-amino-acid is a compound consisting of saccharide linked through a glycosyl linkage (O-, N-, or S-) to an amino acid.
Note:
The hyphens are needed to avoid implying that the carbohydrate is necessarily linked to the amino group.
Source:
White Book, 2nd ed., p. 85 [Terms] [Book]
Citation: 'glyco-amino-acid' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 3rd ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2006. Online version 3.0.1, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.G02650 RIS BibTex EndNote
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