Biologically Active Substance
dolichol
Subclass of:
Fatty Alcohols; Terpenes; Alcohols
Definitions related to dolichols:
  • 20-unit isoprenoid found in eukaryotes; serves as membrane anchor for oligosaccharide assembly in rough endoplasmic reticulum during protein glycosylation.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • A class of polyprenols which contain approximately 20 isoprene residues. Although considered ISOPRENOIDS, they terminate with an alpha-saturated isoprenoid group at the hydroxy end of the molecule.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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