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Oligosaccharide precursor

The 14-sugar (Glc3Man9GlcNAc2)oligosaccharide that is built on dolichol pyrophosphate (dol-PP) in the ER prior to its transfer to an asparagine residue of a protein as part of N-glycosylation; glycan component the lipid-linked oligosaccharide (LLO). Also called the N-glycan precursor oligosaccharide.

Synonyms:
N-glycan precursor oligosaccharide