An amino sugar formed when glucose non-enzymatically reacts with the N-terminal amino group of proteins. The fructose moiety is derived from glucose by the classical Amadori rearrangement.
Entry Term(s)
D-Isoglucosamine
Registry Numbers
4429-04-3
Related Numbers
27968-74-7
Previous Indexing
Hexosamines (1983-1996)
Public MeSH Note
97; FRUCTOSAMINE was indexed under HEXOSAMINES 1983-96
Online Note
use FRUCTOSAMINE (NM) to search FRUCTOSAMINE 1983-96
An amino sugar formed when glucose non-enzymatically reacts with the N-terminal amino group of proteins. The fructose moiety is derived from glucose by the classical Amadori rearrangement.
