A mucopolysaccharide composed of N-acetylglucosamine and glucuronic acid subunits. It is found in the connective tissues of vertebrates. A principal constituent of the extracellular matrix (ECM), it mediates the growth and metastasis of tumour cells.
Synonyms: Hyaluronic acid
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Term information
database
cross reference
- KEGG:G10505
- Wikipedia:Hyaluronan
- HMDB:HMDB0010366
- KEGG:C00518
- KEGG:D08043
Subsets
3_STAR
has related synonym
hyaluronan
acide hyaluronique
acido hialuronico
[beta-D-glucopyranuronosyl-(1->3)-2-(acetylamino)-2-deoxy-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-(1->4)]n
Hyaluronsaeure
[beta-N-Acetyl-D-glucosaminyl(1,4)beta-D-glucuronosyl(1,3)]n
Term relations
Subclass of:
- mucopolysaccharide
- exopolysaccharide
- is_conjugate_acid_of some hyaluronate
- has role some human metabolite