The enzyme unit, or international unit for enzyme (symbol U, sometimes also IU) is a unit of enzyme's catalytic activity. 1 U (μmol/min) is defined as...
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concentration of an enzyme can be expressed in molar amounts, as with any other chemical, or in terms of activity in enzyme units. Enzyme activity is a measure...
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Enzyme unit, a measurement of active enzyme in a sample International unit, a unit of measurement for nutrients and drugs Unit number, the number 1 Unit, identity...
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Enzymes (/ˈɛnzaɪmz/) are proteins that act as biological catalysts by accelerating chemical reactions. The molecules upon which enzymes may act are called...
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Katal (redirect from Katal (unit))
kat) is the unit of catalytic activity in the International System of Units (SI) used for quantifying the catalytic activity of enzymes (that is, measuring...
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biocatalysis through isolated enzymes is considered more economical than use of whole cells. Enzymes may be used as a unit operation within a process to...
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Catalysis (section Enzymes and biocatalysts)
time unit. The biochemical equivalent is the enzyme unit. For more information on the efficiency of enzymatic catalysis, see the article on enzymes. In...
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of a system. 'u' is the symbol for the atomic mass unit, and 'U' is the symbol for one enzyme unit. In the International Phonetic Alphabet, the close...
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enzyme, also known as brancher enzyme or glycogen-branching enzyme is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the GBE1 gene. Glycogen branching enzyme...
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thermodynamics U, units, any of various standard units of biological activity, such as insulin units, enzyme units, or penicillin units U, the enzyme unit International...
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Zymogen (redirect from Enzyme precursors)
can be a peptide unit, or can be independently-folding domains comprising more than 100 residues. Although they limit the enzyme's ability, these N-terminal...
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Cofactor (biochemistry) (redirect from Co-enzyme)
tightly bound, nonpolypeptide unit in a protein that is regenerated in each enzymatic turnover.) Some enzymes or enzyme complexes require several cofactors...
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repeating disaccharide units of →4)GlcAβ(1→3)GlcNAcβ(1→ and has a very high molecular mass, ranging from 105 to 107 Da. Each HAS enzyme is capable of transglycosylation...
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Turnover number (category Enzyme kinetics)
active site will execute for a given enzyme concentration [ET] for enzymes with two or more active sites. For enzymes with a single active site, kcat is...
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Cellulase (category Enzymes)
4; systematic name 4-β-D-glucan 4-glucanohydrolase) is any of several enzymes produced chiefly by fungi, bacteria, and protozoans that catalyze cellulolysis...
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Urobilinogen (redirect from Ehrlich unit)
of bilirubin reduction. It is formed in the intestines by the bacterial enzyme bilirubin reductase. About half of the urobilinogen formed is reabsorbed...
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Protease (redirect from Proteolytic enzyme)
A protease (also called a peptidase, proteinase, or proteolytic enzyme) is an enzyme that catalyzes proteolysis, breaking down proteins into smaller polypeptides...
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biochemistry, a cross-linked enzyme aggregate is an immobilized enzyme prepared via cross-linking of the physical enzyme aggregates with a difunctional...
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Lysosome (redirect from Lysosomal enzymes)
many animal cells. They are spherical vesicles that contain hydrolytic enzymes that digest many kinds of biomolecules. A lysosome has a specific composition...
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Degree Lintner (category Units of catalytic activity)
One can convert this definition to the number of international enzyme units (IU, enzyme activity that produces 1 μmole of product per minute) per gram...
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Metalloprotein (redirect from Metalrequiring enzyme)
different functions in cells, such as storage and transport of proteins, enzymes and signal transduction proteins, or infectious diseases. The abundance...
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metalloenzyme. An artificial enzyme is a synthetic organic molecule or ion that recreates one or more functions of an enzyme. It seeks to deliver catalysis...
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Deubiquitinating enzymes (DUBs), also known as deubiquitinating peptidases, deubiquitinating isopeptidases, deubiquitinases, ubiquitin proteases, ubiquitin...
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stored as glycogen in the liver and muscles, the enzyme UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase forms a UDP-glucose unit by combining glucose 1-phosphate with uridine...
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compatible with self-organization on a metal sulfide surface. Its key enzyme unit, carbon monoxide dehydrogenase/acetyl-CoA synthase, contains mixed nickel-iron-sulfur...
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predetermined manner the performance of an electric motor. Milk clotting units, a measure of enzyme activity Mitochondrial calcium uniporter, a calcium channel in...
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dictionary. CPU is a computer's central processing unit. CPU may also refer to: Carboxypeptidase B2, a human enzyme Critical Patch Update, software updates in...
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isoleucyl-adenylate (Ile-AMS). The unique 9-hydroxynonanoic acid "tail" wraps around the enzyme and further stabilizes the complex, keeping the catalytic part stuck. Mupirocin...
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polypeptide made up of four different domains which make for a multi enzyme unit: Glutaminase (GLN), carbamoyl phosphate synthetase (CPS II), Dihydroorotase...
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