noun
- Plural of fucose; a six-carbon deoxy sugar found in many carbohydrates and glycoproteins in living organisms.
Usage: technical; biochemistry
Examples
- Fucoses are important components of blood group antigens.
- The cell surface contains fucoses that play a role in cell recognition.
- Researchers studied how fucoses affect protein glycosylation.
- Fucoses are commonly found in plant and animal tissues.