Glossary of Glycose-based Terms

Standard forms

[Common biochemical usage]

	Class	Amino sugara	Uronic acidb	Ulosonic acid	The sialic acid familyb
		{usually as acetamido (N-acetyl) derivative}	Uronate	Ulosonate
	Glycose	Aminodeoxyglycose	Glycuronic acid	Glyculosonic acid	Neuraminic acid
			Glycuronate	Glyculosonate	Sialic acid
		[Glycosamine]		[Ketoglyconic acid]
	Glycosyl	Aminodeoxyglycosyl	Glycosyluronic acid	Glyculosylonic acid	[Neuraminosyl]c
			Glycosyluronate	Glyculosylonate	[Sialosyl]c
		[Glycosaminyl]	[Glycuronosyl]
	Glycoside	Aminodeoxyglycoside	Glycosiduronic acid	Glyculosidonic acid	[Neuraminoside]
			Glycosiduronate	Glyculosidonate	[Sialoside]
		[Glycosaminide]	[Glycuronide]
	Glycosidase	Aminodeoxyglycosidase	Glycosiduronase	Glyculosidonase	[Neuraminidase]
	(Glycoside hydrolase)
		[Glycosaminidase]	[Glycuronidase]		[Sialidase]
	Glycosyltransferase	Aminodeoxyglycosyltransferase	Glycosyluronatetransferase	Glyculosylonatetransferase	[Neuraminosyltransferase]
		[Glycosaminyltransferase]	[Glycuronosyltransferase]		[Sialosyltransferase]

^aThe biochemical usage is widely established in the literature.

^bThe biochemical usage implies the parents 'glycuronose', 'sialose', and 'neuraminose'.

^c'Neuraminyl' and 'sialyl' have been used, but are likely to be interpreted as referring to acyl groups; the terms given are more consistent with the terms used for glycosides.