| SF | Sabin-Feldman [test]; safety factor; salt-free; scarlet fever; screen film; seminal fluid; serosal f... |
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| TF | free thyroxine; tactile fremitus; tail flick [reflex]; temperature factor; testicular feminization; ... |
| DF | decapacitation factor; decontamination factor; deferoxamine; deficiency factor; defined flora [anima... |
| GRF | gastrin-releasing factor; genetically related macrophage factor; gonadotropin-releasing factor; grow... |
| HSF | heat shock factor; hepatocyte stimulatory factor; histamine sensitizing factor; human serum esterase... |
| oxidation-reduction indicator | A substance that undergoes a definite colour change at a specific oxidation potential. Synonym: redox indicator. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| oxidation-reduction potential | <chemistry, physics> The potential in volts of an inert metallic electrode measured in a system of an arbitrarily chosen ratio of [oxidant] to [reductant] and referred to the normal hydrogen electrode at absolute temperature. It is calculated from the following equation: where R is the gas constant expressed in electrical units, T the absolute temperature (Kelvin), n the number of electrons transferred, F the faraday and E0 the normal symbol for the potential of the system at pH 0; for biological systems E0' is often used (in which pH = 7). Compare: Nernst's equation. Synonym: redox potential. (05 Mar 2000) |
| oxidation-reduction reaction | <chemistry> Any reaction in which electrons are removed from one molecule or atom and given to another molecule or atom. (09 Oct 1997) |
| oxidation-reduction system | <enzyme> An enzyme system in the tissues by which oxidation and reduction proceed simultaneously through the transference of hydrogen or of one or more electrons from one metabolite to another. See: oxidation-reduction. Synonym: redox system. (05 Mar 2000) |
| terminal oxidation | <biochemistry> The last oxidation step in a catabolic pathway. Synonym: terminal oxidation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| end oxidation | <biochemistry> The last oxidation step in a catabolic pathway. Synonym: terminal oxidation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fatty acid oxidation cycle | A series of reactions involving acyl-coenzyme A compounds, whereby these undergo beta oxidation and thioclastic cleavage, with the formation of acetyl-coenzyme A; the major pathway of fatty acid catabolism in living tissue. (05 Mar 2000) |
| active pyruvate | An intermediate formed in the oxidative decarboxylation of pyruvate. Compare: pyruvate dehydrogenase (lipoamide). Synonym: alpha-lactyl-thiamin pyrophosphate. (05 Mar 2000) |
| beta-alanine-pyruvate aminotransferase | <enzyme> An enzyme that reversibly transfers the amino group of beta-alanine to paruvate, thus producing l-alanine and malonate saemialdehyde. A deficiency of this enzyme is believed to be the cause of hyper-beta-alaninaemia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| beta-aminoisobutyrate:pyruvate aminotransferase | Beta-aminosiobutyrate:pyruvate transaminase;an enzyme that catalyses the reversible transfer of an amino group from beta-aminoisobutyrate to pyruvate, producing l-alanine and methylmalonate saemialdehyde. A step in valine degradation. A deficiency of beta-aminoisobutyrate:pyruvate aminotransferase results in hyper-beta-aminoisobutyric aciduria. (05 Mar 2000) |
| valine-pyruvate transaminase | <enzyme> E coli enzyme catalyzing the terminal step of valine biosynthesis; consider also EC 2.6.1.42, branched-chain-amino-acid transaminase; alanine-alpha-oxoisovalerate aminotransferase and alanine-alpha-ketoisovalerate aminotransferase were ens to alanine aminotransferase 1981-93 Registry number: EC 2.6.1.66 Synonym: alanine-valine transaminase, transaminase c, alanine alpha-ketoisovalerate aminotransferase, alanine-alpha-oxoisovalerate aminotransferase, alanine-alpha-ketoisovalerate aminotransferase (26 Jun 1999) |
| glutamine-pyruvate aminotransferase | <enzyme> Consider also glutamine transaminase k if cysteine conjugate beta-lyase activity is also present; l-methionine can act as donor; glyoxylate can act as acceptor Registry number: EC 2.6.1.15 Synonym: glutamine alpha-ketoacid transaminase, glutamine transaminase, glutamine transaminase l, glutamine oxo-acid aminotransferase, glutaminase II, glutamine aminotransferase, l-methionine aminotransferase (26 Jun 1999) |
| 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) |
| serine-pyruvate aminotransferase | <enzyme> Do not confuse with alanine-glyoxylate aminotransferase (EC 2.6.1.44), even though they may be products of the same gene; index whichever is discussed or both Registry number: EC 2.6.1.51 Synonym: serine aminotransferase, serine-pyruvate transaminase (26 Jun 1999) |
| pyruvate | <biochemistry> Pyruvate is the final product of glycolysis. You get two molecules of pyruvate for every molecule of glucose that goes through glycolysis. (22 Aug 1998) |