| buffer | <biochemistry, chemistry> A system that acts to minimise the change in concentration of a specific chemical species in solution against addition or depletion of this species. PH buffers: weak acids or weak bases in aqueous solution. The working range is given by pKa +/ 1. Metal ion buffers: a metal ion chelator for example EDTA, partially saturated by the metal ion acts, as a buffer for the metal ion. (18 Nov 1997) |
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| buffer capacity | <chemistry> The ability of a buffer solution to absorb added alkali or acid while maintaining the solution's pH. (09 Oct 1997) |
| buffer index | The power of a substance in solution to absorb acid or alkali without change in pH; this is highest at a pH value equal to the pKa value of the acid of the buffer pair. See: buffer capacity. Synonym: buffer index. (05 Mar 2000) |
| buffer pair | An acid and its conjugate base (anion). (05 Mar 2000) |
| buffer value | The power of a substance in solution to absorb acid or alkali without change in pH; this is highest at a pH value equal to the pKa value of the acid of the buffer pair. See: buffer capacity. Synonym: buffer index. (05 Mar 2000) |
| buffer value of the blood | The ability of the blood to compensate for additions of acid or alkali without disturbance of the pH. (05 Mar 2000) |
| buffer zone | <ecology> An area of land separating two distinct land uses that acts to soften or mitigate the effects of one land use on the other. (09 Oct 1997) |
| riparian buffer | Riparian areas that are managed to protect the aquatic and riparian ecosystem. A riparian buffer protects water quality and temperature, habitat along the banks, upland habitat for aquatic and riparian species, and some or all of the floodplain. (05 Dec 1998) |
| secondary buffer | See: Hamburger's law. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dipolar buffer | Buffer whose structure can include opposite charges. Synonym: dipolar buffer. (05 Mar 2000) |
| zwitterionic buffer | Buffer whose structure can include opposite charges. Synonym: dipolar buffer. (05 Mar 2000) |
| UDPacetylglucosamine-dolichyl-phosphate acetylglucosamine-1-phosphate transferase | <enzyme> Transfers n-acetylglucosamine 1-phosphate from udp-n-acetylglucosamine to dolichyl phosphate, forming n-acetylglucosaminylpyrophosphoryldolichol Chemical name: udp-glcnac-dolichyl-phosphate glcnac-1-phosphate transerase Registry number: EC 2.7.8.15 Synonym: n-acetylglucosamine-1-phosphate transferase, dol-p-p-glcnac synthase, dolichol pathway enzyme I, udp-acetylglucosamine-dolichol phosphate acetylglucosamine-1-phosphate transferase, glcnac-dp-1-phosphotransferase, udp-n-acetyl-d-glucosamine-dolichyl-phosphate n-acetyl-d-glucosaminephosphotransferase, dolichol-p-dependent n-acetylglucosamine-1-phosphate transferase, alg7 gene product (26 Jun 1999) |
| UDP-GlcNAc-undecaprenyl phosphate N-acetylglucosaminyl 1-phosphate transferase | <enzyme> Catalyses transfer of n-acetylglucosamine 1-phosphate from udp-glcnac to undecaprenyl phosphate Registry number: EC 2.7.8.- Synonym: glcnac-p-p-und synthase, gpt enzyme (26 Jun 1999) |
| acetyl phosphate | CH3CO-OPO32-;a "high energy" phosphate that acts as an acetate donor in the metabolism of various bacteria. Synonym: acetic phosphoric anhydride. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acidulated phosphate fluoride | <chemical> Phosphoric acid, mixt. With sodium fluoride (naf). A sodium fluoride solution, paste or powder, which has been acidulated to pH 3 to 4 and buffered with a phosphate. It is used in the prevention of dental caries. Pharmacological action: fluorides, topical. Chemical name: Phosphoric acid, mixt. With sodium fluoride (NaF) (12 Dec 1998) |