Natural Phenomenon or Process
glycosylation Audio
gly·cos·yl·a·tion
Subclass of:
Carbohydrate Metabolism
Definitions related to glycosylation:
  • Chemical or biochemical addition of carbohydrate or glycosyl groups to other chemicals, especially peptides or proteins.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • The synthetic chemistry reaction or enzymatic reaction of adding carbohydrate or glycosyl groups. GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES carry out the enzymatic glycosylation reactions. The spontaneous, non-enzymatic attachment of reducing sugars to free amino groups in proteins, lipids, or nucleic acids is called GLYCATION (see MAILLARD REACTION).
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • The covalent attachment and further modification of carbohydrate residues to a substrate molecule.
    Gene Ontology Dictionary
    Gene Ontology Consortium, 2021
  • The covalent chemical or biochemical addition of carbohydrate or glycosyl groups to other chemicals, by glycosyl transferases.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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