Biochemistry

Biochemistry

The scientific study of the chemistry of living matter.

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Sequence-tagged site (STS)

Biology; Biochemistry

A landmark in the base sequence of a genome used for placing partial sequences in correct relation to each other; especially as a strategy for co-ordination of the efforts of many laboratories in ...

In nucleic acid chemistry, a measure of the unique sequences in a DNA preparation; it increases with chain length and decreases with the extent to which the sequences are repetitive; evaluated as the ...

Hunter and Downs plot

Biology; Biochemistry

A graphical method for determination of dissociation constants of enzyme inhibitors. Where I is total inhibitor concentration and α is the ratio of inhibited to non-inhibited rates, a plot of ...

Dixon plot

Biology; Biochemistry

A graphical method for determination of the type of enzyme inhibition and the dissociation constant (K i ) for an enzyme-inhibitor complex. The effect on the enzymic rate (v) is determined at two or ...

Easson and Stedman plot

Biology; Biochemistry

A graphical method for determination of enzyme-inhibitor dissociation constants for non-competitive inhibitors, especially those that bind very tightly. Where I is the total inhibitor concentration, ...

Mucopolysaccharide

Biology; Biochemistry

A complex composed of glycosaminoglycans that radiate from a protein core in a bottlebrush-like structure. There are two major types of membrane proteoglycans: glypicans, which are anchored to the ...