| SI | System of International Units (Systeme International D'unites) |
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| BIPM | International Bureau of Weights and Measures [Fr. Bureau International des Poids et Mesures] |
| IAG | International Association of Gerontology; International Academy of Gnathology |
| IAP | immunosuppressive acidic protein; inosinic acid pyrophosphorylase; Institute of Animal Physiology; i... |
| IFA | idiopathic fibrosing alveolitis; immunofluorescence assay; immunofluorescent antibody; incomplete Fr... |
| enzyme stability | The extent to which an enzyme retains its structural conformation or its activity when subjected to storage, isolation, and purification or various other physical or chemical manipulations, including proteolytic enzymes and heat. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| enzyme-substrate complex | A noncovalent complex of two molecules; often referring to the enzyme-substrate complex in an enzyme-catalyzed reaction. Compare: central complex, Michaelis complex. Synonym: enzyme-substrate complex. (05 Mar 2000) |
| extracellular enzyme | <enzyme> An enzyme performing its functions outside a cell; e.g., the various digestive enzyme's. Synonym: exoenzyme, lyoenzyme. (05 Mar 2000) |
| yellow enzyme | Any enzyme that possesses a flavin nucleotide as coenzyme; e.g., xanthine oxidase, succinate dehydrogenase. Synonym: yellow enzyme. (05 Mar 2000) |
| UDP-N-acetylglucosamine-lysosomal-enzyme-N-acetylglucosaminephosphotransferase | <enzyme> Fibroblasts from patients with i-cell (mucolipidosis II) and pseudo-hurler polydystrophy (mucolipidosis III) are deficient in above enzyme; for n-acetylglucosamine transferred to dolichyl phosphate see EC 2.7.8.15 Registry number: EC 2.7.8.17 Synonym: udpgnac gp gnac phosphotransferase, udpgnac phosphotransferase, uridine 5'-diphosphate-n-acetylglucosamine glycoprotein n-acetylglucosaminylphosphotransferase, n-acetylglucosamine-1-phosphotransferase, n-agapt, udp-n-acetylglucosamine-lysosomal glycoprotein n-acetylglucosaminylphosphotransferase, udp-acetylglucosamine-glycoprotein n-acetylglucosamine-1-phosphotransferase (26 Jun 1999) |
| UDP-N-acetylglucosamine:lysosomal enzyme N-acetylglucosaminyl-1-phosphotransferase | <enzyme> An enzyme that participates in the posttranslational modification of a number of lysosomal proteins; a deficiency or defect in this enzyme results in two forms of mucolipidoses, I-cell disease, and pseudo-Hurler polydystrophy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Kornberg enzyme | DNA polymerase I from Escherichia coli. (05 Mar 2000) |
| 1,4-alpha-glucan branching enzyme | <enzyme> In glycogen or amylopectin synthesis, the enzyme that catalyses the transfer of a segment of a 1,4-alpha-glucan chain to a primary hydroxy group in a similar glucan chain. Chemical name: 1,4-alpha-D-Glucan:1,4-alpha-D-glucan 6-alpha-D-(1,4-alpha-D-glucano)-transferase Registry number: EC 2.4.1.18 (12 Dec 1998) |
| liver enzyme | <biochemistry> Special proteins found in the cells of the liver that are responsible for catalysing specific metabolic reactions. They may become elevated in the bloodstream in conditions of hepatitis or liver cancer. See: liver function tests. (27 Sep 1997) |
| lysosomal enzyme | <biochemistry> A range of degradative enzymes, most of which operate best at acid pH. The best known marker enzymes are acid phosphatase and glucuronidase, but many others are known. (18 Nov 1997) |
| absolute unit | A unit whose value is constant regardless of place or time and not derived from dependent on gravitation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alexin unit | The smallest amount (highest dilution) of complement that will cause haemolysis of a unit of red blood cells in the presence of a haemolysin unit. Synonym: alexin unit. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Allen-Doisy unit | The quantity of oestrogen capable of producing in a spayed mouse a characteristic change in the vaginal epithelium, namely, disappearance of leukocytes and appearance of cornified cells, as determined by a vaginal smear; equal approximately to one-half of an estrone unit. Synonym: mouse unit. (05 Mar 2000) |
| amboceptor unit | haemolysin unit |
| androgen unit | The androgenic activity of 100 ug (0.1 mg) of crystalline androsterone as assayed by the comb growth response in capons. (05 Mar 2000) |