| adenosine 5'-phosphosulfate sulfotransferase | <enzyme> Catalyses transfer of sulfo group of adenylylsulfate to a carrier organic thiol, forming carrier-bound thiosulfate and AMP Registry number: EC 2.8.2.- Synonym: apsstase, aps sulfotransferase, adenylylsulfate sulfotransferase (26 Jun 1999) |
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| adenosine 5'-triphosphate | Adenosinepyrophosphate;adenosine with triphosphoric acid esterfied at its 5' position; immediate precursors of adenine nucleotides in RNA. The primary energy currency of a cell. Synonym: adenosine triphosphate. Acronym: ATP (05 Mar 2000) |
| adenosine cyclic phosphate | An activator of phosphorylase kinase and an effector of other enzymes, formed in muscle from ATP by adenylate cyclase and broken down to 5'-AMP by a phosphodiesterase; sometimes referred to as the "second messenger." A related compound (2',3') is also known. Synonym: cyclic adenylic acid, cyclic AMP, cyclic phosphate. Acronym: cAMP (05 Mar 2000) |
| adenosine deaminase | <enzyme> An enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of adenosine to inosine with the elimination of ammonia. Since there are wide tissue and species variations in the enzyme, it has been used as a tool in the study of human and animal genetics and in medical diagnosis. Chemical name: Adenosine aminohydrolase Registry number: EC 3.5.4.4 (12 Dec 1998) |
| adenosine diphosphoglucose glucohydrolase | <enzyme> Splits adpglucose to ADP and glucose Registry number: EC 3.1.4.- (26 Jun 1999) |
| adenosine kinase | <enzyme> An enzyme that catalyses the formation of ADP plus AMP from adenosine plus ATP. It can serve as a salvage mechanism for returning adenosine to nucleic acids. Chemical name: ATP:adenosine 5'-phosphotransferase Registry number: EC 2.7.1.20 (12 Dec 1998) |
| adenosine monophosphate | <chemical> Adenylic acid. Adenine nucleotide containing one phosphate group esterified to the sugar moiety in the 2'-, 3'-, or 5'-position. Chemical name: 5'-Adenylic acid (12 Dec 1998) |
| adenosine nucleosidase | <enzyme> An enzyme hydrolyzing adenosine to adenine and d-ribose. Synonym: adenosinase. (05 Mar 2000) |
| adenosine phosphosulfate | <chemical> 5'-adenylic acid, monoanhydride with sulfuric acid. The initial compound formed by the action of ATP sulfurylase on sulfate ions after sulfate uptake. Synonym: adenosine sulfatophosphate; aps. Chemical name: 5'-Adenylic acid, monoanhydride with sulfuric acid (12 Dec 1998) |
| adenosine tetraphosphatase | <enzyme> Catalyses hydrolysis of nucleoside 5'-tetraphosphate to yield nucleoside triphosphate and orthophosphate; isolated from seeds of yellow lupin lupinus luteus Registry number: EC 3.6.1.14 Synonym: p4a phosphohydrolase, adenosine 5'-tetraphosphate phosphohydrolase, nucleoside 5'-tetraphosphate phosphohydrolase (26 Jun 1999) |
| adenosine tetraphosphate | A condensation product of adenosine with tetraphosphoric acid at the 5' position. (05 Mar 2000) |
| adenosine triphosphatase | <enzyme> A group of enzymes which catalyze the hydrolysis of ATP coupled with another function such as transporting calcium across a membrane. These enzymes may be dependent on calcium, magnesium, anions, h+, or DNA. Chemical name: ATP phosphohydrolase Registry number: EC 3.6.1.3 (12 Dec 1998) |
| adenosine triphosphate | <biochemistry> A nucleotide present in all living cells which serves as an energy source for many metabolic processes and is required for ribonucleic acid synthesis. (06 May 1997) |
| rRNA (adenosine-O-2'-)methyltransferase | <enzyme> Forms 2'-o-methyladenosine; ermd protein methylates a specific residue on 23s rrna to confer macrolide-lincosamide-streptogramin b resistance; emre specifically modifies 23s rrna by n6,n6-dimethylation of a2058; has been sequenced; genbank x82668 (emrc) Registry number: EC 2.1.1.66 Synonym: rrna(adenine-2-)methyltransferase, ribosomal RNA methylase, rrna methylase, ermd gene product, ermc' gene product, 23s ribosomal RNA a1067 2'-methyltransferase, 23s rrna methylase, ermsf methyltransferase, tlra methyltransferase, thiostrepton-resistance methylase, thiostrepton-resistance-encoding gene product, tsnr gene product, erme methyltransferase, 23s ribosomal RNA a2058 methyltransferase, ermc methyltransferase, ermam methyltransferase (26 Jun 1999) |
| dsRNA adenosine deaminase | <enzyme> Catalyses the hydrolytic deamination of adenosine to form inosines; activity simulates double-stranded RNA unwinding; double-stranded RNA is preferred substrate Registry number: EC 3.5.4.- Synonym: double-stranded RNA-specific adenosine deaminase, dsrna-specific adenosine deaminase, red1 (enzyme), red2 (enzyme), adarb2 (26 Jun 1999) |