| AVP | 1) Active non apeptide(?) 2) Arginine Vaso-Pressin |
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| AVT | Arginine Vaso-Tocin |
| DDAVP | 1-Desamino-8-D-Arginine Vasopressin = Desmopression |
| ADH | Academy of Dentistry for the Handicapped; adhesion; alcohol dehydrogenase; antidiuretic hormone; arg... |
| AHU | acute hemolytic uremic [syndrome]; arginine, hypoxanthine, and uracil |
| N-formylmethionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine carboxypeptidase | <enzyme> Human salivary enzyme liberates phenylalanine from the chemotactic peptide n-formylmethionine leucyl-phenylalanine Registry number: EC 3.4.- Synonym: n-formyl-methionine leucyl-phenylalanyl carboxypeptidase, formylmet-leu-phe carboxypeptidase (26 Jun 1999) |
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| DD-carboxypeptidase-endopeptidase | <enzyme> Hydrolyzes c-terminal d-ala-d-peptide, where second amino acid can vary Registry number: EC 3.4.15.- Synonym: dacf protein (26 Jun 1999) |
| dipeptidyl carboxypeptidase | <enzyme> Hydrolytically removes dipeptides from the carboxyl end of low- and high-mol wt peptides Registry number: EC 3.4.15.- Synonym: dipeptidocarboxypeptidase, peptidyl-dipeptidase dcp (26 Jun 1999) |
| Thermus aquaticus carboxypeptidase | <enzyme> A zinc-dependent metallo-carboxypeptidase; has 511 amino acid residues; mw 56,210 da; genbank d17669 Registry number: EC 3.4.- Synonym: carboxypeptidase taq, taq carboxypeptidase, cpase taq (26 Jun 1999) |
| zinc D-Ala-D-Ala carboxypeptidase | <enzyme> Involved in last step of peptidoglycan synthesis; resistant to penicillin; see also record for d-alanyl-d-alanine serine peptidases Registry number: EC 3.4.17.14 Synonym: d-alanyl-d-alanine peptidase, zn(2+)g, zn(2+)g d-ala-d-ala peptidase, zn-ala-ala peptidase, zn(2+)g d-alanyl-d-alanine peptidase (26 Jun 1999) |
| urinary carboxypeptidase | <enzyme> From human urine; can be distinguished from kininase I, kininase II and enkephalin convertase Registry number: EC 3.4.17.- Synonym: kininase one-an'-a-half (26 Jun 1999) |
| lysine carboxypeptidase | <enzyme> A serine carboxypeptidase that removes c-terminal amino acids, preferentially lysine, from peptides and proteins. It inactivates bradykinin by this action. Registry number: EC 3.4.17.3 (12 Dec 1998) |
| arginine | <amino acid> An essential amino acid, a major component of proteins and contains the guanido group that has a pKa of greater than 12, so that it carries a permanent positive charge at physiological pH. It becomes an essential amino acid when the body is under stress or is in an injured state. Depressed growth results from lack of dietary arginine. Arginine deficiency syndrome is observed in human babies born with a phosphate synthetase deficiency. Normal growth and development in these infants are achieved by adding arginine to their diet. Arginine deficiency leads to carbamyl phosphate overproduction in the mitochondria due to inadequate ornithine supply. Arginine-deficient diets in males causes decreased sperm counts. Free and bound arginine are found in abundance in human male sperm and arginine has been found to stimulate sperm motility. There are two sources of arginine, arginine in the food chain and free-form arginine from supplements. Food-source arginine is found in abundance in turkey, chicken and other meats. Nonfood-source arginine is called L-arginine and is created through a fermentation process which separates arginine from all other proteins. In the presence of food and other amino acids, L-arginine will act like food-source arginine but when L-arginine is separated from its nutrient boundaries by the removal of all other amino acids, then L-arginine undertakes a different role, becoming capable of crossing the blood-brain barrier and stimulating growth hormone release secreted by the anterior pituitary. Growth hormone serum levels peak during adolescence and begin to drop after age 23. Aging reduces natural growth hormone production, which results in added body fat, reduced muscle tissue, slowed healing, lack of elasticity in the skin and reduced immune function. Human pituitary growth hormone secretion is evidenced in human males, females and children following intravenous administration of 30 grams of arginine (in 30 minutes) in adults and 0.5 grams/kilogram of bodyweight in children. Female response is somewhat higher than male response. Oral administration of L-arginine also results in the release of Human Growth Hormone. Tumour suppression is evidenced in the presence of L-arginine. In the Barbul study, tumours recurred in 100% of the control animals. But in the arginine-supplemented group, only about 60% of the tumours recurred and the animals with tumours survived longer. Supplementation of arginine in the diet inhibits development and increase in size of cancerous tumours, both chemically induced and naturally occurring. Insulin can block growth hormone release, so high serum insulin levels are counterproductive to GH release. Insulin itself is capable of stimulating muscle growth, but it also strongly stimulates fat storage. Muscle growth stimulation from insulin is minuscule compared to muscle growth stimulated by growth hormone. (13 Nov 1997) |
| arginine 2-monooxygenase | <enzyme> Catalyses oxidative decarboxylation or arginine to form gamma-guanidinobutyramide (4-guanidinobutanamide) Registry number: EC 1.13.12.1 Synonym: arginine decarboxyoxidase (26 Jun 1999) |
| arginine amidase | <enzyme> A ureahydrolase that catalyses the hydrolysis of arginine and canavanine to yield l-ornithine and urea. Chemical name: L-Arginine amidinohydrolase Registry number: EC 3.5.3.1 (12 Dec 1998) |
| arginine deiminase | <enzyme> Arginine converted to citrulline + nh3; consider also protein-arginine deiminase (EC 3.5.3.15) Registry number: EC 3.5.3.6 Synonym: arginine dihydrolase, arginine converting enzyme, arginine iminohydrolase (26 Jun 1999) |
| arginine dihydrolase | <enzyme> Arginine converted to citrulline + nh3; consider also protein-arginine deiminase (EC 3.5.3.15) Registry number: EC 3.5.3.6 Synonym: arginine dihydrolase, arginine converting enzyme, arginine iminohydrolase (26 Jun 1999) |
| arginine endopeptidase | <enzyme> Cleaves arginine at the carboxyl side in a peptide chain Registry number: EC 3.4.21.- Synonym: arginyl endopeptidase (26 Jun 1999) |
| arginine esterase | <enzyme> Probably refers to an aspect of a proteinase; also index to specific proteinase class Registry number: EC 3.1.- Synonym: me-1,arginine ester hydrolase, me-2, me 1,me 2, arginine esterase a, esterase e-ii, esterase a (26 Jun 1999) |
| arginine glutamate | A compound composed of arginine and glutamic acid, given intravenously to detoxify ammonia; used in the treatment of ammoniaemia resulting from liver dysfunction. (05 Mar 2000) |