| acetic phosphoric anhydride | CH3CO-OPO32-;a "high energy" phosphate that acts as an acetate donor in the metabolism of various bacteria. Synonym: acetic phosphoric anhydride. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| acetic solution | A vinegar. (05 Mar 2000) |
| aceticoceptor | A side chain of molecules with a special affinity for the acetic acid radical. Origin: L. Acetum, vinegar, + capio, to take (05 Mar 2000) |
| acetify | To convert into acid or vinegar. Origin: L. Acetum = vinegar. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| acetimeter | <equipment> An instrument for estimating the amount of acetic acid in vinegar or in any liquid containing acetic acid. Origin: L. Acetum = vinegar, F. Acetimetre. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| acetimetry | <technique> The act or method of ascertaining the strength of vinegar, or the proportion of acetic acid contained in it. Origin: L. Acetum = vinegar. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| acetin | <chemical> A thick, colourless, water-attracting liquid which is used as a food additive and dye solvent and in explosives manufacture and leather tanning. It is created by heating and then distilling a mixture of acetic acid and glycerol. (09 Oct 1997) |
| aceto- | Combining forms denoting the two-carbon fragment of acetic acid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| aceto-orcein stain | <technique> A stain used for chromosomes in air-dried or squashed cytologic material. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acetoacetate | A salt or ion of acetoacetic acid. A ketone body formed in ketogenesis. Synonym: diacetate. Acetoacetate decarboxylase, a carboxy-lyase cleaving CO2 from acetoacetate to form acetone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acetoacetic acid | CH3COCH2COOH;one of the ketone bodies, formed in excess and appearing in the urine in starvation or diabetes. Synonym: diacetic acid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| 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) |
| acetoacetyl-CoA | Intermediate in the oxidation of fatty acids and in the formation of ketone bodies; also formed from two molecules of acetyl-CoA; major role is condensation with acetyl-CoA to form the important beta-hydroxy-beta-methylglutaryl-CoA. Synonym: acetoacetyl-coenzyme A. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acetoacetyl-CoA reductase | An oxidoreductase catalyzing interconversion of a 3-oxoacyl-CoA and NADPH, and the corresponding d-3-hydroxyacyl-CoA, and NADP+. A step in fatty acid synthesis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acetoacetyl-CoA synthetase | <enzyme> Catalyses the conversion of acetoacetate and CoA in the presence of ATP to yield AMP, pyrophosphate and acetoacetyl-CoA; the latter is the first intermediate in cholesterogenesis; also acts more slowly on l-3-hydroxybutanoate Registry number: EC 6.2.1.16 Synonym: acetoacetyl-CoA ligase, acetoacetate-CoA ligase, acetoacetyl-coenzyme a synthetase (26 Jun 1999) |