| glut | 1. To swallow, or to swallow greedlly; to gorge. "Though every drop of water swear against it, And gape at widest to glut him." (Shak) 2. To fill to satiety; to satisfy fully the desire or craving of; to satiate; to sate; to cloy. "His faithful heart, a bloody sacrifice, Torn from his breast, to glut the tyrant's eyes." (Dryden) "The realms of nature and of art were ransacked to glut the wonder, lust, and ferocity of a degraded populace." (C. Kingsley) To glut the market, to furnish an oversupply of any article of trade, so that there is no sale for it. Origin: OE. Glotten, fr. OF. Glotir, gloutir, L. Glutire, gluttire; cf. Gr. To eat, Skr. Gar. Cf. Gluttion, Englut. 1. That which is swallowed. 2. Plenty, to satiety or repletion; a full supply; hence, often, a supply beyond sufficiency or to loathing; over abundance; as, a glut of the market. "A glut of those talents which raise men to eminence." (Macaulay) 3. Something that fills up an opening; a clog. 4. A wooden wedge used in splitting blocks. An arched opening to the ashpit of a klin. A block used for a fulcrum. 5. <zoology> The broad-nosed eel (Anguilla latirostris), found in Europe, Asia, the West Indies, etc. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| glut itis | Inflammation of the muscles of the buttock. Origin: G. Gloutos, buttock, + -itis, inflammation (05 Mar 2000) |
| glutaconic | <chemistry> Pertaining to, or derived from, an acid intermediate between glutaric and aconitic acids. Origin: Glutaric + aconitic. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| glutaconic acid | HOOCCH2CH==CHCOOH;dicarboxylic acid that accumulates in individuals with glutaric acidemia type I. (05 Mar 2000) |
| glutaconyl CoA decarboxylase | <enzyme> Forms crotonyl CoA Registry number: EC 4.1.1.- Synonym: glutaconyl coenzyme a decarboxylase (26 Jun 1999) |
| glutaeus | <anatomy> The great muscle of the buttock in man and most mammals, and the corresponding muscle in many lower animals. In man, the glutaeus is composed of three distinct parts, which extend and abduct the thigh, and help support the body in standing. Origin: NL. See Gluteal. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| glutamate | <biochemistry, physiology> Major fast excitatory neurotransmitter in the mammalian central nervous system. See: glutamate receptor. Also the excitatory neuromuscular transmitter in arthropod skeletal muscles. (18 Nov 1997) |
| glutamate acetyltransferase | <enzyme> An enzyme catalyzing transfer of an acetyl group from N2-acetylornithine to l-glutamate forming l-ornithine and N-acetyl-l-glutamate, an activator of the urea cycle. Synonym: ornithine acetyltransferase. (05 Mar 2000) |
| glutamate aminotransferase | <enzyme> Aromatic keto acid acts as amine acceptor Registry number: EC 2.6.1.- (26 Jun 1999) |
| glutamate decarboxylase | <enzyme> A pyridoxal-phosphate protein that catalyses the alpha-decarboxylation of l-glutamic acid to form gamma-aminobutyric acid and carbon dioxide. The enzyme is found in bacteria and in invertebrate and vertebrate nervous systems. It is the rate-limiting enzyme in determining gaba levels in normal nervous tissues. The brain enzyme also acts on l-cysteate, l-cysteine sulfinate, and l-aspartate. Chemical name: L-Glutamate-1-carboxy-lyase Registry number: EC 4.1.1.15 (12 Dec 1998) |
| glutamate dehydrogenase | <enzyme> An enzyme that catalyses the conversion of l-glutamate and water to 2-oxoglutarate and nh3 in the presence of NAD+. Chemical name: L-Glutamate:NAD+ oxidoreductase (deaminating) Registry number: EC 1.4.1.2 (12 Dec 1998) |
| glutamate dehydrogenase (NADP+) | <enzyme> An enzyme that catalyses the conversion of l-glutamate, h2o, and NADP+ to 2-oxoglutarate, nh3, and NADPH. Chemical name: L-Glutamate:NADP+ oxidoreductase (deaminating) Registry number: EC 1.4.1.4 (12 Dec 1998) |
| glutamate dehydrogenases | Enzymes that catalyze the reaction of l-glutamate, H2O, and NAD+ (or NADP+ in some cases) producing alpha-ketoglutarate (2-oxoglutarate), ammonia, and NADH; in mammals, this is the prime contributor to oxidative deamination. Synonym: glutamic acid dehydrogenases. (05 Mar 2000) |
| glutamate formiminotransferase | <enzyme> Also catalyses formyl transfer from 5-formyltetrahydrofolate to l-glutamate (reaction formerly listed as EC 2.1.2.6) Registry number: EC 2.1.2.5 Synonym: formimino-l-glutamate tetrahydrofolate 5-formiminotransferase, formimino transferase, formiminotetrahydrofolate transferase, glutamate formyltransferase (26 Jun 1999) |
| glutamate gamma-saemialdehyde | -OOCCH(NH3)+CH2CH2C HO;an intermediate in l-proline and l-ornithine metabolism; becomes elevated in type II hyperprolinaemia. (05 Mar 2000) |