Formula C12H22O11 | Molar mass 342.2965 g/mol | |
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Melibiose meaning
Melibiose is a reducing disaccharide formed by an alpha-1,6 linkage between galactose and glucose (-Gal-α(1→6)--Glc). It differs from lactose in the chirality of the carbon where the galactose ring is closed and that the galactose is linked to a different point on the glucose moiety. It can be formed by invertase-mediated hydrolysis of raffinose, which produces melibiose and fructose. Melibiose can be broken down into its component saccharides, glucose and galactose, by the enzyme Alpha-galactosidase, such as MEL1 from Saccharomyces pastorianus (lager yeast).
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![Melibiose Melibiose](https://alchetron.com/cdn/melibiose-56237b0b-4d8a-4699-95fa-7a0f9464285-resize-750.gif)
Melibiose cannot be used by Saccharomyces cerevisiae (ale yeast), this is one test to differentiate between the two yeast species.
![Melibiose DMelibiose CAS Number 585999](https://alchetron.com/cdn/melibiose-219be708-f7d9-45ab-a56b-78074b562b4-resize-750.gif)
Medical vocabulary what does melibiose mean
![Melibiose Melibiose C12H22O11 ChemSpider](https://alchetron.com/cdn/melibiose-675e6d45-a9a6-4191-93c4-2f1b3c627c9-resize-750.png)
![Melibiose alphamelibiose](https://alchetron.com/cdn/melibiose-72697fa1-d592-4252-b3cd-5b71fe16d16-resize-750.gif)
References
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