Zymosan is a glucan. A glucan molecule is a Polysaccharide of D- Glucose monomers linked by glycosidic bonds. It binds to TLR 2. TLR-2 is a Biomolecule, which plays a role in the human Immune system. [1]
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- ^ Sato M, Sano H, Iwaki D, et al (2003). The histamine H4 receptor is like the other three Histamine receptors, a member of the G protein-coupled receptor superfamily "Direct binding of Toll-like receptor 2 to zymosan, and zymosan-induced NF-kappa B activation and TNF-alpha secretion are down-regulated by lung collectin surfactant protein A". J. Immunol. 171 (1): 417–25. PMID 12817025.
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zymosan
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- (biochemistry) an insoluble carbohydrate, obtained from the cell walls of yeast, used in the bioassay of blood serum
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