| diphenyl ether hydroxylase | <enzyme> Uses NADPH Registry number: EC 1.14.- (26 Jun 1999) |
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| ether | 1. <physics> A medium of great elasticity and extreme tenuity, supposed to pervade all space, the interior of solid bodies not excepted, and to be the medium of transmission of light and heat; hence often called luminiferous ether. 2. Supposed matter above the air; the air itself. 3. <chemistry> A light, volatile, mobile, inflammable liquid, (C2H5)2O, of a characteristic aromatic odour, obtained by the distillation of alcohol with sulphuric acid, and hence called also sulphuric ether. It is powerful solvent of fats, resins, and pyroxylin, but finds its chief use as an anaesthetic. Called also ethyl oxide. Any similar oxide of hydrocarbon radicals; as, amyl ether; valeric ether. <chemistry> Complex ether, Mixed ether, a condensing engine like a steam engine, but operated by the vapor of ether instead of by steam. Origin: Written also aether. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| ether convulsion | A convulsion occasionally associated with divinyl and diethyl ether anaesthesia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ether, ethyl | <chemical> 1,1'-oxybisethane. A mobile, very volatile, highly flammable liquid used as an inhalation anaesthetic and as a solvent for waxes, fats, oils, perfumes, alkaloids, and gums. It is mildly irritating to skin and mucous membranes. Pharmacological action: anaesthetics, inhalation, solvents. Chemical name: Ethane, 1,1'-oxybis- (12 Dec 1998) |
| ether test | An obsolete test to determine arm-to-lung circulation time; diluted ether is injected intravenously and the end point taken when the subject coughs or tastes ether or the observer smells ether on the subject's breath. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ethyl ether | CH3CH2OCH2CH3;a flammable, volatile organic solvent used in extraction procedures; formerly widely used as an inhalation anaesthetic; shortcomings include: irritating vapor, slow onset and prolonged recovery phase, explosion hazard. Synonym: ethyl ether, ethyl oxide, sulfuric ether. (05 Mar 2000) |
| abequose synthase | <enzyme> Converts cdp-4-keto-3,6-dideoxy-d-glucose to cdp-3,6-dideoxy-d-galactose (cdp-abequose); requires NADPH, analogous to udp-glucose-4-epimerase Registry number: EC 5.1.3.- Synonym: rfbj gene product (26 Jun 1999) |
| acetoacetyl-acyl carrier protein synthase | <enzyme> E coli enzyme, that catalyses condensation of malonyl-acyl carrier protein plus acetyl-acyl carrier protein; not inhibited by cerulenin Registry number: EC 2.3.1.- Synonym: acetoacetyl-acp synthase (26 Jun 1999) |
| acetolactate synthase | <enzyme> A flavoprotein that catalyses the formation of acetolactate from 2 moles of pyruvate in the biosynthesis of valine and the formation of acetohydroxybutyrate from pyruvate and alpha-ketobutyrate in the biosynthesis of isoleucine. Chemical name: Acetolactate pyruvate-lyase (carboxylating) Registry number: EC 4.1.3.18 (12 Dec 1998) |
| acridone synthase | <enzyme> Catalyses the condensation of n-methylanthraniloyl-CoA and 3 malonyl-CoA to produce 1,3-dihydroxy-n-methylacridone Registry number: EC 2.3.1.- (26 Jun 1999) |
| acyl-malonyl-ACP synthase | <enzyme> An enzyme condensing malonyl-ACP and acyl-cys-protein to 3-oxoacyl-ACP + cys-protein + CO2, and similar reactions, as steps in fatty acid synthesis; cys-protein is also a part of the fatty acid synthase complex. Synonym: acyl-malonyl-ACP synthase, beta-ketoacyl-ACP synthase. (05 Mar 2000) |
| adenylosuccinate synthase | <enzyme> A carbon-nitrogen ligase. During purine ribonucleotide biosynthesis, this enzyme catalyses the synthesis of adenylosuccinate from GTP, imp, and aspartate with the formation of orthophosphate and GDP. Chemical name: IMP:L-aspartate ligase (GDP-forming) Registry number: EC 6.3.4.4 (12 Dec 1998) |
| adenylylosuccinate synthase | <enzyme> A carbon-nitrogen ligase. During purine ribonucleotide biosynthesis, this enzyme catalyses the synthesis of adenylosuccinate from GTP, imp, and aspartate with the formation of orthophosphate and GDP. Chemical name: IMP:L-aspartate ligase (GDP-forming) Registry number: EC 6.3.4.4 (12 Dec 1998) |
| agropine synthase | <enzyme> Final enzyme in the three enzyme pathway for agropine synthesis; cyclises deoxymannityl-glutamine to the lactone, agropine Registry number: EC 4.2.1.- Synonym: ags gene product (26 Jun 1999) |
| alkylglycerone-phosphate synthase | <enzyme> Replaces the acyl moiety of acyldhap with a long chain fatty alcohol; intact alcohol including the oxygen atom is incorporated into alkyl-dhap Registry number: EC 2.5.1.26 Synonym: adhps, alkyl-dihydroxyacetone phosphate synthase, alkyl-dhap synthase, alkyldihydroxyacetone phosphate synthetase, acylglycerone-3-phosphate-long chain-alcohol o-3-phospho-2-oxopropanyl transferase, alkyldihydroxyacetonephosphate synthase (26 Jun 1999) |