| deamidise | To perform deamidation. Synonym: desamidise. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| deamidizing enzymes | <enzyme> Registry number: EC 3.5. (12 Dec 1998) |
| deaminase | <enzyme> An enzyme which removes amino groups from compounds, producing ammonia in the process. (09 Oct 1997) |
| deaminases | Enzymes catalyzing simple hydrolysis of C-NH2 bonds of purines, pyrimidines, and pterins, usually named in terms of the substrate, e.g., guanine deaminases, adenosine deaminases, AMP deaminases, pterin deaminases and thus producing ammonia; not generally used for deamination of noncyclic amides. Deaminases are distinguished from ammonia-lyases (EC group 4.3.1) in that the latter produce an unsaturation at the point of NH3 removal. Synonym: deaminating enzymes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| deaminating enzymes | Enzymes catalyzing simple hydrolysis of C-NH2 bonds of purines, pyrimidines, and pterins, usually named in terms of the substrate, e.g., guanine deaminases, adenosine deaminases, AMP deaminases, pterin deaminases and thus producing ammonia; not generally used for deamination of noncyclic amides. Deaminases are distinguished from ammonia-lyases (EC group 4.3.1) in that the latter produce an unsaturation at the point of NH3 removal. Synonym: deaminating enzymes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| deamination | <biochemistry> The process through which enzymes strip amino groups off biomolecules. (09 Oct 1997) |
| deaminise | To perform deamination. (05 Mar 2000) |
| deaminoneuraminate hydrolase | <enzyme> Catalyses hydrolysis of alpha-ketosidic 2-keto-3-deoxy-d-glycero-d-galacto-nonic acid linkages Registry number: EC 3.2.1.- Synonym: deaminoneuraminosyl glycohydrolase, kdnase (26 Jun 1999) |
| dean | 1. A dignitary or presiding officer in certain ecclesiastical and lay bodies; especially, an ecclesiastical dignitary, subordinate to a bishop. Dean of cathedral church, the chief officer of a chapter; he is an ecclesiastical magistrate next in degree to bishop, and has immediate charge of the cathedral and its estates. Dean of peculiars, a dean holding a preferment which has some peculiarity relative to spiritual superiors and the jurisdiction exercised in it. Rural dean, one having, under the bishop, the especial care and inspection of the clergy within certain parishes or districts of the diocese. 2. The collegiate officer in the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, England, who, besides other duties, has regard to the moral condition of the college. 3. The head or presiding officer in the faculty of some colleges or universities. 4. A registrar or secretary of the faculty in a department of a college, as in a medical, or theological, or scientific department. 5. The chief or senior of a company on occasion of ceremony; as, the dean of the diplomatic corps; so called by courtesy. Cardinal dean, the senior cardinal bishop of the college of cardinals at Rome. Dean and chapter, the legal corporation and governing body of a cathedral. It consists of the dean, who is chief, and his canons or prebendaries. Dean of arches, the lay judge of the court of arches. Dean of faculty, the president of an incorporation or barristers; specifically, the president of the incorporation of advocates in Edinburgh. Dean of guild, a magistrate of Scotch burghs, formerly, and still, in some burghs, chosen by the Guildry, whose duty is to superintend the erection of new buildings and see that they conform to the law. Dean of a monastery, Monastic dean, a monastic superior over ten monks. Dean's stall. See Decanal stall, under Decanal. Origin: OE. Dene, deene, OF. Deien, dien, F. Doyen, eldest of a corporation, a dean, L. Decanus the chief of ten, one set over ten persons, e. G, over soldiers or over monks, from decem ten. See Ten, and cf. Decemvir. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Dean's fluorosis index | An index that measures the degree of mottled enamel (fluorosis) in teeth; used most often in epidemiological field studies. (05 Mar 2000) |
| deanol | <chemical> An antidepressive agent that has also been used in the treatment of movement disorders. The mechanism of action is not well understood. Pharmacological action: antidepressive agents, anti-dyskinesia agents. Chemical name: Ethanol, 2-(dimethylamino)- (12 Dec 1998) |
| deanol acetamidobenzoate | The p-acetamidobenzoic acid salt of 2-dimethylaminoethanol; a central nervous system stimulant. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dear | 1. Bearing a high price; high-priced; costly; expensive. "The cheapest of us is ten groats too dear." (Shak) 2. Marked by scarcity or dearth, and exorbitance of price; as, a dear year. 3. Highly valued; greatly beloved; cherished; precious. "Hear me, dear lady." "Neither count I my life dear unto myself." (Acts xx. 24) "And the last joy was dearer than the rest." (Pope) "Dear as remember'd kisses after death." (Tennyson) 4. Hence, close to the heart; heartfelt; present in mind; engaging the attention. Of agreeable things and interests. "[I'll] leave you to attend him: some dear cause Will in concealment wrap me up awhile." (Shak) "His dearest wish was to escape from the bustle and glitter of Whitehall." (Macaulay) Of disagreeable things and antipathies. "In our dear peril." (Shak) "Would I had met my dearest foe in heaven Or ever I had seen that day." (Shak) Origin: OE. Dere, deore, AS. Deore; akin to OS. Diuri, D. Duur, OHG. Tiuri, G. Theuer, teuer, Icel. Dr, Dan. & Sw. Dyr. Cf. Darling, Dearth. A dear one; lover; sweetheart. "That kiss I carried from thee, dear." (Shak) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| dearly | 1. In a dear manner; with affection; heartily; earnestly; as, to love one dearly. 2. at a high rate or price; grievously. "He buys his mistress dearly with his throne." (Dryden) 3. Exquisitely. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| dearterialization | Changing the character of arterial blood to that of venous blood; i.e., deoxygenation of blood. (05 Mar 2000) |