alpha glycosidic bond (linkage)
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Introduction
A glycosidic linkage in which the linking oxygen atom attached to C1 is above the plane of the ring in a Hawthorne projection. For pyranoses in the chair form, this translates to an axial anomeric C-O-R (where R is linked sugar).
More general terms
References
- ↑ Biochemistry, L. Stryer, WH Freeman & Co, New York, 1988 pg 337-338