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laminarin

/ ˌæɪˈɑːɪ /

noun

  1. a carbohydrate, consisting of repeated glucose units, that is the main storage product of brown algae
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


laminarin

/ ă′ə-âĭ /

  1. A polymer of glucose that is stored as food in brown algae.
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of laminarin1

C20: from laminar ( ia ) + -in
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In the absence of EHEP, phlorotannin occupies the substrate-binding pocket within akuBGL, preventing laminarin from binding and stopping glucose production.

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The feeding strategy of the sea slug Aplysia kurodai has attracted attention because when it feeds on brown algae, it converts a carbohydrate called laminarin to glucose, which could be used as a renewable fuel source.

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