an enzyme found in mammals that can catalyze the deamination of adenosine into inosine and ammonia; "ADA deficiency can lead to one fo…
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a set of enzymes believed to snip pieces off a longer protein producing fragments of amyloid protein that bunch up and create amyloid protein plaques in brain tissue (the pathological hallmark of Alzheimer's)
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an enzyme found in mammals that can catalyze the deamination of adenosine into inosine and ammonia; "ADA deficiency can lead to one fo…
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Polymer chemistry, Chemical kinetics, Molecular biology.any of a group of proteins found in saliva and pancreatic juice and parts of plants; help convert starch to sugar
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Polymer chemistry, Chemical kinetics, Molecular biology.enzyme produced by certain bacteria that inactivates penicillin and results in resistance to that antibiotic
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Polymer chemistry, Chemical kinetics, Molecular biology.enzyme found in most plant and animal cells that functions as an oxidative catalyst; decomposes hydrogen peroxide into oxygen and water
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Polymer chemistry, Chemical kinetics, Molecular biology.an enzyme that hydrolyses acetylcholine (into choline and acetic acid)
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Polymer chemistry, Chemical kinetics, Molecular biology.an enzyme that occurs in gastric juice; causes milk to coagulate
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Polymer chemistry, Chemical kinetics, Molecular biology.an enzyme that induces coagulation
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Polymer chemistry, Chemical kinetics, Molecular biology.any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of collagen and gelatin
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Polymer chemistry, Chemical kinetics, Molecular biology.any of several enzymes that convert a compound into smaller, biologically-active compounds.; "There are four different C5 convertases…
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Polymer chemistry, Chemical kinetics, Molecular biology.either of two related enzymes that control the production of prostaglandins and are blocked by aspirin
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Polymer chemistry, Chemical kinetics, Molecular biology.an enzyme that removes the iodine radical
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Polymer chemistry, Chemical kinetics, Molecular biology.any of the enzymes that hydrolize the carboxyl group
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Polymer chemistry, Chemical kinetics, Molecular biology.an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of disaccharides into monosaccharides
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Polymer chemistry, Chemical kinetics, Molecular biology.a pancreatic enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of elastin
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Polymer chemistry, Chemical kinetics, Molecular biology.enzyme in the intestinal juice that converts inactive trypsinogen into active trypsin
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Polymer chemistry, Chemical kinetics, Molecular biology.any of several complex proteins that are produced by cells and act as catalysts in specific biochemical reactions
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Polymer chemistry, Chemical kinetics, Molecular biology.an enzyme that dissolves the fibrin of blood clots
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The substance deposited in the organs in amyloid degeneration.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: enzymes, believed, snip, pieces, longer.a plaque consisting of tangles of amyloid protein in nervous tissue (a pathological mark of Alzheimer's disease)
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: enzymes, believed, snip, pieces, longer.a plaque consisting of tangles of amyloid protein in nervous tissue (a pathological mark of Alzheimer's disease)
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: enzymes, believed, snip, pieces, longer.To shatter to pieces; to reduce to fragments.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: enzymes, believed, snip, pieces, longer.Separated into parts or pieces by violence; divided into fragments; as, a broken chain or rope; a broken dish.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: enzymes, believed, snip, pieces, longer.A collection, cluster, or tuft, properly of things of the same kind, growing or fastened together; as, a bunch of grapes; a bunch of k…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: enzymes, believed, snip, pieces, longer.A grass growing in bunches and affording pasture. In California, Atropis tenuifolia, Festuca scabrella, and several kinds of Stipa are…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: enzymes, believed, snip, pieces, longer.A process by which reaction occurs in the presence of certain agents which were formerly believed to exert an influence by mere contac…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: enzymes, believed, snip, pieces, longer.an organelle containing enzymes responsible for producing energy
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: enzymes, believed, snip, pieces, longer.a small molecule (not a protein but sometimes a vitamin) essential for the activity of some enzymes
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: enzymes, believed, snip, pieces, longer.To fall into small pieces; to break or part into small fragments; hence, to fall to decay or ruin; to become disintegrated; to perish.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: enzymes, believed, snip, pieces, longer.One of the microscopic particles resembling crystals, consisting of protein matter, which occur in certain plant cells; -- called also…
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