| thioester | Compounds of the type. R CO s R. See: coenzyme A, palmitoylation. (18 Nov 1997) |
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| thioesterase | <enzyme> An enzyme that hydrolyzes thioesters; e.g., the deacylating activity at the end of fatty acid biosynthesis that releases palmitate. Synonym: thiolesterase. (05 Mar 2000) |
| thioesters | In enzymology, an ester where the oxygen bridging the substrate or product carbonyl carbon and the enzyme is replaced by a sulphur (usually through a cys residue); a high energy intermediate in many enzymes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acetylene-allene thioester isomerase | <enzyme> Converts 3-acetylenic fatty acyl thioesters to 2,3-dienoyl fatty acyl thioesters Registry number: EC 5.3.99.- (26 Jun 1999) |
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| acyl thioester transacylase | <enzyme> Component of the fatty acid synthetase complex; forms acetyl pantetheine from acetyl CoA and pantetheine Registry number: EC 2.3.1.- (26 Jun 1999) |