Term Name: | lipo-chitin oligosaccharide |
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Synonyms: | LCO, LCOs, lipo-chitin oligosaccharides |
Definition: | Glycolipid signal molecules that mediate the species-specific symbiosis between rhizobial bacteria and leguminous plants. Comprised of an oligosaccharide backbone of beta (1-4) linked N-acetyl-D-glucosamine (GlcNAc) which varies in length between two and six residues and which is decorated with a combination of chemical moieties that helps encode species-specificity. |
Ontology: | ChEBI [CHEBI:67062] ( EBI ) |