| peptide N-alpha acetyltransferase | <enzyme> Pituitary enzyme; acetylates peptide hormones including acth; also found in saccharomyces cerevisiae Registry number: EC 2.3.1.88 Synonym: peptide acetyltransferase, acth acetyltransferase, beta-endorphin acetyltransferase, alpha-msh acetyltransferase (26 Jun 1999) |
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| Goodenough draw-alpha-man test | A brief test for assessing an individual's level of intelligence based on how accurately drawn and how many elements are included when a child or adult is given a pencil and sheet of white paper and asked to draw a man, the best man he or she is able to draw. Also called the Goodenough draw-alpha-person test and, in its current form, the Goodenough-Harris drawing test. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cholesterol 7 alpha-monooxygenase | <enzyme> An enzyme that catalyses the hydroxylation of cholesterol to cholest-5-en-3 beta,7 alpha-diol. Chemical name: Cholesterol,NADPH:oxygen oxidoreductase (7 alpha-hydroxylating) Registry number: EC 1.14.13.17 (12 Dec 1998) |
| RNase alpha | <enzyme> An enzyme catalyzing endonucleolytic cleavage of O-methylated RNA yielding 5'-phosphomonoesters. (05 Mar 2000) |
| phycocyanin alpha-subunit phycocyanobilin lyase | <enzyme> Cleaves thioether bond attaching phycocyanobilin to the alpha subunit of phycocyanin; product of the cpce and cpcf genes of synechococcus Registry number: EC 4.4.- Synonym: phycocyanobilin lyase (26 Jun 1999) |
| phycoerythrocyanin alpha-subunit phycobiliviolin lyase | <enzyme> Shows high degree of homology to phycocyanobilin lyase Registry number: EC 4.4.- Synonym: phycobiliviolin lyase, pece protein, pecf protein, pec alpha-subunit phycobiliviolin lyase (26 Jun 1999) |
| phytanic acid alpha-oxidase | <enzyme> May be the genetic defect in refsum's disease Registry number: EC 1.14.99.- Synonym: phytanic acid alpha-hydroxylase (26 Jun 1999) |
| p-nitrophenyl-alpha-L-rhamnopyranohydrolase | <enzyme> Active toward naringin, hesperidin and p-nitrophenylrhamnosides; specific for alpha-1,2- or alpha-1,6- linkages to beta-d-glucose Registry number: EC 3.2.1.- Synonym: pnp-rhamnohydrolase (26 Jun 1999) |
| polymerase alpha | A class of mammalian DNA polymerases in the nucleus that function in chromosome replication. Synonym: polymerase a. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pregnancy-associated alpha-plasma protein | An alpha 2-macroglobulin, molecular weight approximately 750,000 now believed to be a pregnancy-specific protein. Its plasma levels increase steadily during the second trimester and continue to rise until the end of gestation. (12 Dec 1998) |
| progesterone 5 alpha-reductase | <enzyme> Do not confuse this with progesterone reductase which is a 3 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase Registry number: EC 1.3.1.30 (26 Jun 1999) |
| saturated steroid 6 alpha-hydroxylase | <enzyme> Acts on 5 alpha-androstane-3 beta,17 beta-diol and 5 alpha-pregnan-3 beta-ol-20-one; does not require cytochrome p-450 Registry number: EC 1.14.99.- Synonym: sat steroid 6alpha-hydroxylase (26 Jun 1999) |
| pro-transforming growth factor-alpha processing protease | <enzyme> Converts membrane-bound protgf-alpha to soluble tgf-alpha; mw 84 kD Registry number: EC 3.4.21.- Synonym: protgf-alpha converting enzyme, protgfalpha processing protease (26 Jun 1999) |
| Sia(alpha2,3)Gal(beta1,4)GlcNAc alpha-2,8-sialyltransferase | <enzyme> An alpha-2,8-sialyltransferase that exhibits activity toward the sia(alpha2,3)gal(beta1,4)glcnac sequences of n-linked oligosaccharides; involved in brain development; amino acid sequence given in first source Registry number: EC 2.4.99.- Synonym: st8sia III (26 Jun 1999) |
| N-acetyl-alpha-D-galactosaminyloligosaccharidase | <enzyme> From clostridium perfringens; cleaves oligosaccharides larger than disaccharides bound by o-glycosyl linkages to protein Registry number: EC 3.2.1.- Synonym: nag-oligosaccharidase, n-acetylgalactosamine oligosaccharidase (26 Jun 1999) |