| NP | Nucleoside Phosphorylase |
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| NMP | normal menstrual period; nucleoside monophosphate |
| NP | nasopharynx, nasopharyngeal; near point; necrotizing pancreatitis; neonatal-perinatal; neuritic plag... |
| NPR | net protein ratio; normal pulse rate; nucleoside phosphoribosyl |
| NTP | National Toxicology Program; nitroprusside; normal temperature and pressure; nucleoside triphosphate... |
| nucleoside-monophosphate | A nucleotide, e.g., AMP. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| nucleoside-phosphate kinase | <enzyme> An enzyme that catalyses reversible reactions of a nucleoside triphosphate, e.g., ATP, with a nucleoside monophosphate, e.g., ump, to form ADP and udp. Many nucleoside monophosphates can act as acceptor while many ribo- and deoxyribonucleoside triphosphates can act as donor. Chemical name: ATP:nucleoside-phosphate phosphotransferase Registry number: EC 2.7.4.4 (12 Dec 1998) |
| nucleoside phosphorylase | <enzyme> From klebsiella sp.; acts on both purine and pyrimidine nucleosides and catalyses the production of araa from uridine arabinoside (arau) and adenine Registry number: EC 2.4.2.- (26 Jun 1999) |
| nucleoside phosphorylases | Enzymes that catalyze the phosphorolysis of a nucleoside, forming the free purine or pyrimidine plus ribose (or deoxyribose 1-phosphate); e.g., purine-nucleoside phosphorylases. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nucleoside q | <chemical> (1s-(1 alpha,4 beta,5 beta))-2-amino-5-(((4,5-dihydroxy-2-cyclopenten-1-yl)amino)methyl)-1,7-dihydro-7-beta-d-ribofuranosyl-4h-pyrrolo(2,3-d)pyrimidin-4-one. A modified nucleoside which is present in the first position of the anticodon of trna-tyrosine, trna-histidine, trna-asparagine and trna-aspartic acid of many organisms. It is believed to play a role in the regulatory function of trna. Nucleoside q can be further modified to nucleoside q*, which has a mannose or galactose moiety linked to position 4 of its cyclopentenediol moiety. Chemical name: 4H-Pyrrolo(2,3-d)pyrimidin-4-one, 2-amino-5-(((4,5-dihydroxy-2-cyclopenten-1-yl)amino)methyl)-1,7-dihydro-7-beta-D-ribofuranosyl-, (1S-(1alpha,4beta,5beta))- (12 Dec 1998) |
| nucleoside-triphosphatase | <enzyme> Hydrolyzes various nucleotides to a nucleotide diphosphate + pi; inhibited by ca + ATP Registry number: EC 3.6.1.15 Synonym: nucleoside triphosphate phosphohydrolase, nucleoside triphosphatase, ntpase, nuclear envelope nucleoside triphosphatase, nuclear scaffold nucleoside triphosphatase, ns ntpase, nucleosidetriphosphatase (26 Jun 1999) |
| nucleoside triphosphate | A nucleoside in which the H of one of the ribose hydroxyls (usually the 5') is replaced by a triphosphoric group, -PO(OH)-O-PO(OH)-O-PO(OH)2; e.g., adenosine triphosphate. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nucleoside triphosphate-adenylate kinase | <enzyme> Other nucleoside triphosphates may replace GTP as substrate Registry number: EC 2.7.4.10 Synonym: GTP-AMP phosphotransferase, AMP-GTP phosphotransferase (26 Jun 1999) |
| amino sugar | <biochemistry> Monosaccharide in which an OH group is replaced with an amino group, often acetylated. Common examples are D galactosamine, D glucosamine, neuraminic acid, muramic acid. Amino sugars are important constituents of bacterial cell walls, some antibiotics, blood group substances, milk oligosaccharides and chitin. (18 Nov 1997) |
| beechwood sugar | D-xylose. See: xylose. (05 Mar 2000) |
| beet sugar | D-sucrose. See: sucrose. (05 Mar 2000) |
| blood sugar, high | Elevated levels of blood glucose (hyperglycaemia) can be found in a number of conditions. The hyperglycaemia leads to spillage of glucose into the urine, hence the term sweet urine. (Diabetes mellitus means sweet urine. ) (12 Dec 1998) |
| blood sugar, low | The sugar here is glucose. Low blood glucose constitutes hypoglycaemia. Hypoglycaemia is only significant when it is associated with symptoms. It has many causes including drugs, liver disease, surgical absence of the stomach, pre-diabetes, and rare tumours that release excess insulin. (12 Dec 1998) |
| malt sugar | <biochemistry> Disaccharide intermediate of the breakdown of starch, glucose _(1-4) glucose. Fermentable substrate in brewing. (20 Mar 1998) |
| gelatin sugar | <amino acid, physiology> The simplest amino acid. It is a common residue in proteins, especially collagen and elastin and is not optically active. It is also a major inhibitory neurotransmitter in spinal cord and brainstem of vertebrate central nervous system. (18 Nov 1997) |