| CBG | capillary blood gases; coronary bypass graft; corticosteroid-binding globulin; cortisol-binding glob... |
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| CPR | cardiopulmonary reserve; cardiopulmonary resuscitation; centripetal rub; cerebral cortex perfusion r... |
| CSR | central supply room; chart-stimulated recall [test]; Cheyne-Stokes respiration; continued stay revie... |
| DCT | direct Coombs' test; discrete cosine transform; distal convoluted tubule; diurnal cortisol test; dyn... |
| PC | avoirdupois weight [Lat. pondus civile]; packed cells; paper chromatography; paracortex; parent cell... |
| benzaldehyde lyase | <enzyme> Requires thiamine ppi; from pseudomonas fluorescens; cleaves the acycloin linkage of benzoin, producing 2 molecules of benzaldehyde; also acts on anisoin, forming anisaldehyde Registry number: EC 4.1.2.- Synonym: benzoin benzaldehyde lyase (26 Jun 1999) |
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| carbonate hydro-lyase | carbonic anhydrase |
| carbon-phosphorus lyase | <enzyme> Found in bacteria which utilise alkyl and phenylphosphonic acids Registry number: EC 4.99.- Synonym: c-p lyase, carbon-phosphorus cleavage enzyme (26 Jun 1999) |
| malate ATP lyase | <chemical> Composed of malyl-CoA synthetase (EC 6.2.1.9) and malyl-CoA lyase (EC 4.3.24) Synonym: malate lyase (26 Jun 1999) |
| malate carboxy-lyase | <enzyme> Decarboxylates l-malic acid to l-lactic acid and co2 with traces of pyruvic acid Registry number: EC 4.1.1.- (26 Jun 1999) |
| mandelonitrile lyase | <enzyme> Catalyses the reversible condensation of hcn with aldehydes to form d-alpha-hydroxynitriles; contains fad Registry number: EC 4.1.2.10 Synonym: mandelonitrile benzaldehyde-lyase, oxynitrilase (26 Jun 1999) |
| gellan lyase | <enzyme> Cleaves beta-d-glucosyl-1-4-beta-d-glucuronosyl sequence in gellan Registry number: EC 4.2.2.- Synonym: gellanase (26 Jun 1999) |
| glucuronan lyase | <enzyme> Catalyses beta-elimination cleavage of acetylated and deacetylated (1->4)-beta-d-glucuronan Registry number: EC 4.2.2.- (26 Jun 1999) |
| pectin lyase | <enzyme> Catalyses elimination of 6-methyl-delta-4,5-galacturonate residues from pectin; brings about depolymerization of pectin; does not act on deesterified pectin Registry number: EC 4.2.2.10 Synonym: poly(methoxygalacturonide)lyase, protopectinase-r, ppase-r, pnla protein, pnla gene product, psx1 gene product, polymethoxygalacturonase (26 Jun 1999) |
| peptidylamidoglycolate lyase | <enzyme> Second step in the production of alpha-amidated peptides from their glycine-extended precursors; first step is EC 1.14.17.3 (amide synthetase) Registry number: EC 4.3.2.5 Synonym: pahgaa lyase, peptidyl-alpha-hydroxyglycine alpha amidating lyase, peptidylhydroxyglycine n-c lyase (26 Jun 1999) |
| chondroitin abc lyase | <enzyme> An enzyme that catalyses the eliminative degradation of polysaccharides containing 1,4-beta-d-hexosaminyl and 1,3-beta-d-glucuronosyl or 1,3-alpha-l-iduronosyl linkages to disaccharides containing 4-deoxy-beta-d-gluc-4-enuronosyl groups. (enzyme nomenclature, 1992) Chemical name: chondroitin ABC lyase Registry number: EC 4.2.2.4 (12 Dec 1998) |
| chorismate pyruvate-lyase | <enzyme> Forms 4-hydroxybenzoic acid for ubiquinone biosynthesis; chorismate pyruvate-lyase (amino-accepting) is anthranilate synthase Registry number: EC 4.1.3.- Synonym: ubic gene product, chorismate lyase (26 Jun 1999) |
| phenylalanine ammonia lyase | <enzyme> An enzyme that catalyses the deamination of l-phenylalanine to form trans-cinnamate and ammonia. It may also act on l-tyrosine. Since the enzyme deprives neoplastic tissue of phenylalanine, it has been used experimentally in the treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. The enzyme is obtained from many plants and is used as an enzymic marker for lignification and other developmental processes in plant cells. Pharmacological action: antineoplastic agent. Chemical name: L-Phenylalanine ammonia-lyase Registry number: EC 4.3.1.5 (12 Dec 1998) |
| citrate lyase | Citrate (pro-3S)-lyase;an enzyme that catalyses the cleavage of citrate to oxaloacetate and acetate, in the absence of coenzyme A. Synonym: citrase, citratase, citrate aldolase, citridesmolase. (05 Mar 2000) |
| citrate (pro-3S)-lyase | <enzyme> Consists of two enzymes and an acyl carrier protein Registry number: EC 4.1.3.6 Synonym: citrate lyase (26 Jun 1999) |