| acyl |
any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group; "an example of the acyl group is the acetyl group"
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| acylation |
the process of introducing an acyl group into a compound
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| acylglycerol |
glyceride: an ester of glycerol and fatty acids that occurs naturally as fats and fatty oils; "fresh fats contain glycerides of fatty acids and very little free acid"
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| acyl CoA |
acyl coenzyme A.
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| acyl CoA synthetase |
1. any enzyme of the ligase class that catalyzes the formation of an activated acyl coenzyme A thioester; individual enzymes are specific for a range of fatty acid chain lengths. See also individual enzymes: acetateCoA ligase, butyrateCoA ligase, and long-chain-fatty-acidCoA ligase. 2. long-chain-fatty-acidCoA ligase.
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