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Uronic acids (/ʊˈrɒnɪk/) or
alduronic acids are a
class of
sugar acids with both
carbonyl and
carboxylic acid
functional groups. They are
sugars in which...
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consists of a
uronic sugar and an
amino sugar,
except in the case of the
sulfated glycosaminoglycan keratan, where, in
place of the
uronic sugar there is...
- lit. 'sweet wine, must + urine') is a
uronic acid that was
first isolated from
urine (hence the name "
uronic acid"). It is
found in many gums such as...
- (−CH2OH) at the
initial end of a 2-ketose is
oxidized creating an α-ketoacid.
Uronic acids, in
which the −CH2OH
group at the
terminal end of an
aldose or ketose...
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characteristic of many carbohydrates,
exceptions exist. For instance,
uronic acids and deoxy-sugars like
fucose deviate from this
precise stoichiometric...
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charged under physiological conditions due to the
occurrence of
sulfate and
uronic acid groups.
Proteoglycans occur in
connective tissue.
Proteoglycans are...
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Guluronic acid is a
uronic acid
monosaccharide that may be
derived from gulose. l-Guluronic acid is a C-3
epimer of l-galacturonic acid and a C-5 epimer...
- aldose-ketose-isomerase.
Other names in
common use
include uronic isomerase,
uronate isomerase, D-glucuronate isomerase,
uronic acid isomerase, and D-glucuronate ketol-isomerase...
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aldonic acid
while oxidation of just the
terminal hydroxyl group yields an
uronic acid.)
Aldaric acids cannot form
cyclic hemiacetals like
unoxidized sugars...
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Mannuronic acid is a
uronic acid
monosaccharide that can be
derived from mannose.
Along with l-guluronic acid, d-mannuronic acid is a
component of alginic...
