rhamnosyltransferase

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English

Etymology

From rhamnosyl +‎ transferase.

Noun

rhamnosyltransferase (plural rhamnosyltransferases)

  1. (biochemistry) Any transferase that transfers a rhamnosyl group
    • 2015 May 23, Shaokang Di et al., “Linkage mapping, molecular cloning and functional analysis of soybean gene Fg3 encoding flavonol 3-O-glucoside/galactoside (1 → 2) glucosyltransferase”, in BMC Plant Biology, volume 15, →DOI:
      In addition, another gene having the function of flavonol 3- O -galactoside (1 → 4) rhamnosyltransferase remains to be cloned.