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That end of any DNA strand that has a terminal phosphate group.
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S-Adenosyl methionine, a common cosubstrate involved in methyl group transfers.
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(biochemistry) The enzyme adenosylmethionine cyclotransferase.
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Any nucleic acid composed of bases other than adenine, guanine, thymine, uracil and cytosine and/or sugars other than ribose and deoxyribose, that could form the basis of extraterrestrial carbon-based life.
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(biochemistry) An enzyme that converts phosphoribosylpyrophosphate into 5-phosphoribosylamine.
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(physiology) The metabolism of glutamine to form ammonia and a glutarate
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Such a microbe or enzyme
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(biochemistry) A dehydrogenase that acts upon aminoadipic semialdehyde in the catabolism of lysine
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(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of arabinofuranoses
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Alternative form of arylsulfotransferase [(biochemistry) A sulfotransferase enzyme that transfers a sulfate group from phenolic sulfate esters to a phenolic acceptor substrate.]
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(organic chemistry, biochemistry) intramolecular acylation, especially of an enzyme
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(biology, biochemistry) A nucleotide's nucleobase in the context of a DNA or RNA biopolymer.
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Alternative form of dinucleotide [(biochemistry) Any molecule consisting primarily of two nucleotide units]
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(biochemistry) Any transferase that catalyses the transfer of a butyryl group
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(biochemistry) Any transferase that transfers a carbamyl group
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(biochemistry) Any active site on a decarboxylase which catalyzes the decarboxylation of D-amino acids
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(biochemistry) nicotinamide adenine trinucleotide
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(biochemistry) Phosphocreatine.
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(biochemistry) Any of a class of enzymes that remove acetyl groups, especially from a lysine residue of a histone
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(biochemistry) Any transferase that transfers a deoxycytidyl group
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An oligonucleotide composed of deoxynucleotides.
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(genetics, biochemistry) A nucleic acid found in all living things (and some non-living, see virus); consists of a polymer formed from nucleotides which are shaped into a double helix; it is associated with the transmission of genetic information.
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(biochemistry) Any of the enzymes that catalyse the conversion of dextrose into lactic acid
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(biochemistry) pyrophosphate kinase
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(pharmacology) Abbreviation of delavirdine. [(pharmacology) A nonnucleoside reverse-transcriptase inhibitor used to treat HIV.]
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(organic chemistry, biochemistry) That splits / hydrolyzes esters to form alcohols and carboxylic acids
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(biochemistry) A transferase enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction CDP-ethanolamine + 1,2-diacylglycerol ⇌ CMP + a phosphatidylethanolamine.
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(biochemistry) A transferase enzyme of the liver, intestine, and kidney cortex.
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One of the three enzymes in the prenyltransferase group.
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(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of a glucosyl group
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(biochemistry) posttranslational glycosylation of proteins
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(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the removal of sulfate from a glycoprotein
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(biochemistry) Any glycosyltransferase that catalyzes the transfer of a hexose
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(biochemistry) Any of a group of transfer RNA acceptors that can accept the same amino acid
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Glutathione S-transferase
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(biochemistry) A transferase that catalyses the transfer of maltosyl residues
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(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes transmethylation
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An enzyme which breaks down mono(2-hydroxyethyl) terephthalate into terephthalic acid and ethylene glycol by hydrolysis.
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Any mononucleotide that is a ribonucleotide
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(biochemistry) Synonym of mucopolysaccharidase
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(biochemistry) adenylate kinase, a phosphotransferase enzyme that catalyzes the interconversion of adenine nucleotides and plays an important role in cellular energy homeostasis
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Abbreviation of New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase-1 (“an enzyme conferring resistance to beta-lactam antibiotics”). [an enzyme conferring resistance to beta-lactam antibiotics]
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(biochemistry) Any enzyme, especially in nitrogen-fixing bacteria, that catalyzes the conversion of atmospheric nitrogen into ammonia.
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(biochemistry, genetics) Any acidic, chainlike biological macromolecule consisting of multiple repeat units of phosphoric acid, sugar and purine and pyrimidine bases; they are involved in the preservation, replication and expression of hereditary information in every living cell
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(biochemistry) Any enzyme that transfers nucleotide residues
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(biochemistry) Any transferase that transfers octanoyl groups
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(biochemistry) The urea cycle.
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(biochemistry) Initialism of phosphatidylethanolamine N-methyltransferase.
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(biochemistry) A class of cytoplasmic protein that is involved in the phosphorylation of sugars
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(biochemistry) A pentose phosphate, formed from ribose 5-phosphate by the enzyme ribose-phosphate diphosphokinase, which plays a role in transferring phospho-ribose groups in several reactions.
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(biochemistry) An enzyme involved in nucleotide synthesis, catalyzing the conversion of 5'-phosphoribosyl-5-aminoimidazole into 5-phosphoribosyl-4-carboxy-5-aminoimidazole.
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Synonym of phosphotransferase
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(biochemistry) Any polymer whose constituent monomer is a deoxyribonucleotide
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(biochemistry) The hydrolysis of a riboside
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(biochemistry) A derivative of DNA having ribose in place of deoxyribose, and uracil in place of thymine; its primary function is in the transcription of genetic material and subsequent synthesis of protein.
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Alternative form of rubisco [(biochemistry) A plant enzyme which catalyzes both the fixing of atmospheric carbon dioxide during photosynthesis and the reverse process of photorespiration.]
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(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses a spirocyclization reaction, especially the formation of a spiroketal
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(organic chemistry) An active-chain transfer agent used in the telomerization process.
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(biochemistry) The transfer of fructosyl groups within or between molecules
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Any reaction that transfers a fucosyl from one molecule to another
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(biochemistry) The metabolic interconversion of cysteine and homocysteine
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(organic chemistry) The intermolecular or intramolecular transfer of a xylosyl group
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(biochemistry) Any transferase that catalyses the transfer of a uridylyl group between molecules
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(biochemistry) nucleic acid analogue (nucleic acid analog) ; Initialism of xeno nucleic acid. (backformation) ; X nucleic acid, where "X" is a stand-in for multitude of various nucleic acid acronyms, which are not DNA or RNA
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(biochemistry) Any glycosyltransferase that catalyzes the transfer of xylose
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