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Xylose (cf.
Ancient Gr****: ξύλον, xylon, "wood") is a
sugar first isolated from wood, and
named for it.
Xylose is
classified as a
monosaccharide of the...
- In enzymology, a
xylose isomerase (EC 5.3.1.5) is an
enzyme that
catalyzes the
interconversion of D-
xylose and D-xylulose. This
enzyme belongs to the...
- D-
Xylose is a five-carbon
aldose (pentose, monosaccharide) that can be
catabolized or
metabolized into
useful products by a
variety of organisms. There...
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xylose absorption test is a
medical test
performed to
diagnose conditions that
present with
malabsorption of the
proximal small intestine due to defects...
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detected by a test
called the D-
xylose absorption test.
Xylose is a
sugar that does not
require enzymes to be digested. The D-
xylose test
involves having a patient...
- The
mixture is
hydrolyzed with acid to give
xylose. The
xylose is
purified by chromatography.
Purified xylose is
catalytically hydrogenated into xylitol...
- of any
yeast to
directly ferment xylose,
converting it to ethanol, a
potentially economically valuable trait.
Xylose is a
hemicellulosic sugar found in...
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Xylose lysine deoxycholate agar (XLD agar) is a
selective growth medium used in the
isolation of
Salmonella and
Shigella species from
clinical samples...
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Xylooligosaccharides (XOS) are
polymers of the
sugar xylose. They are
produced from the
xylan fraction in
plant fiber.
Their C5 (where C is a quantity...
- UDP-D-
xylose:beta-D-glucoside alpha-1,3-D-xylosyltransferase (EC 2.4.2.42, beta-glucoside alpha-1,3-xylosyltransferase) is an
enzyme with
systematic name...
