O methylglucose
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- In plants, 3-o-methylglucose is phosphorylated by hexokinase but not perceived as a sugar.
- Increased membrane transport of 2-deoxyglucose and 3-O-methylglucose is an early event in the transformation of chick embryo fibroblasts by Rous sarcoma virus.
- 824-837 In Plants, 3-O-Methylglucose Is Phosphorylated by Hexokinase But Not Perceived as a Sugar1 Sandra Corts, Marina Gromova, Adeline Evrard, Claude Roby,* Alain Heyraud, Dominique B.
- 3-O-Methylglucose is used as a marker to assess glucose transport by evaluating its uptake within various cells and organ systems.
- When chain branching of the kind found in amylopectin and glycogen is prevalent, 2,3-di-O-methylglucose is formed from each glucose at a branch point.
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