galactoglycerolipid

English

Etymology

galacto- +‎ glycerolipid

Noun

galactoglycerolipid (plural galactoglycerolipids)

  1. (organic chemistry) Any glycolipid having a glycerol and a galactose moiety
    • 2016 February 4, “Use of De Novo Transcriptome Libraries to Characterize a Novel Oleaginous Marine Chlorella Species during the Accumulation of Triacylglycerols”, in PLOS ONE‎, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0147527:
      As the organism enters the TAG accumulation phase, transcripts representing the final biosynthesis steps for TAG and the galactoglycerolipid lipases are up-regulated.
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