Biochemistry

Biochemistry

The scientific study of the chemistry of living matter.

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Dirigent

Biology; Biochemistry

A protein, itself devoid of catalytic activity, taht directs the regio- and stereo-selective course of an enzymic reaction, e.g. the exclusive synthesis by an oxidase of (+)-pinoresinal from two ...

A proposed partial mechanism of ATP synthase in which a transmembrane ion channel, which is a hexamer composed of a ring of alternating and subunits, in which a single subunit rotates, binding ADP ...

Glypiated

Biology; Biochemistry

Descriptive of a glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored protein, i.e. one that is associated with a cell membrane through an attached GPI group. An alternative term is piglylated, from ...

Nitrogen cavitation

Biology; Biochemistry

A technique for disruption of cells prior to their fractionation. A suspension of cells is subjected to high nitrogen pressure, which is suddenly released so as to cause the cells to burst as ...

Centriole

Biology; Biochemistry

One of two cylindrical structures that appear in animal cells. During mitosis the centrioles are the poles from which the microtubules of the mitotic spindle radiate; they represent specialised ...

Mechanism

Biology; Biochemistry

A flexible term applied to the details of a process that links initial and final states, e.g. the mechanism of respiration, the mechanism of fatty acid oxidation, the mechanism of β-oxoacyl-coenzyme ...

Kinesin

Biology; Biochemistry

A family of motor proteins that binds to microtubules and then translocates toward the plus end. They typically also bind to cargo such as intracellular vesicles, so that motor activity moves the ...