• organelles and structures (e.g., the biosynthesis of glycosylated cell surface proteins). Elements of biosynthesis include: precursor compounds, chemical...
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    Protein biosynthesis (or protein synthesis) is a core biological process, occurring inside cells, balancing the loss of cellular proteins (via degradation...
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    sensitivity during daytime, thereby counteracting leptin resistance. The biosynthesis of melatonin in animals involves a sequence of enzymatic reactions starting...
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    alkaloid biosynthesis are too numerous and cannot be easily classified. However, there are a few typical reactions involved in the biosynthesis of various...
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    During the Biosynthesis of Haem and Chlorophylls: Mechanistic and Stereochemical Studies". Ciba Foundation Symposium 180 - the Biosynthesis of the Tetrapyrrole...
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    cholesterol for growth. Cholesterol also serves as a precursor for the biosynthesis of steroid hormones, bile acid and vitamin D. Elevated levels of cholesterol...
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  • Davis, Edward M.; Croteau, Rodney (2000). "Cyclization Enzymes in the Biosynthesis of Monoterpenes, Sesquiterpenes, and Diterpenes". Topics in Current Chemistry...
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    they serve as the starting compounds for all other steroids. Steroid biosynthesis is an anabolic pathway which produces steroids from simple precursors...
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    Hemoglobin (haemoglobin, Hb or Hgb) is a protein containing iron that facilitates the transport of oxygen in red blood cells. Almost all vertebrates contain...
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    Lysine (redirect from Lysine biosynthesis)
    Subsequently, PLP-AT catalyses the reverse reaction to that of the AAA biosynthesis pathway, resulting in AAA being converted to α-ketoadipate. The product...
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    L-aspartic acid as the precursor for the biosynthesis of one-fourth of the building block amino acids. The biosynthesis of aspartate frequently involves the...
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    Ammonia is an inorganic chemical compound of nitrogen and hydrogen with the formula NH3. A stable binary hydride and the simplest pnictogen hydride, ammonia...
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    Battersby AR, Binks R, Harper BJ (1962-01-01). "692. Alkaloid biosynthesis. Part II. The biosynthesis of morphine". Journal of the Chemical Society: 3534–3544...
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    The biosynthesis of cocaine has long attracted the attention of biochemists and organic chemists. This interest is partly motivated by the strong physiological...
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    ascorbic acid. This biosynthesis is regulated following a diurnal rhythm. Enzyme expression peaks in the morning to supporting biosynthesis for when mid-day...
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    Cobalamin biosynthesis is the process by which bacteria and archea make cobalamin, vitamin B12. Many steps are involved in converting aminolevulinic acid...
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    Durand-Carbajal M, Díaz L (January 2015). "Regulation of calcitriol biosynthesis and activity: focus on gestational vitamin D deficiency and adverse pregnancy...
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    Phospholipids are a class of lipids whose molecule has a hydrophilic "head" containing a phosphate group and two hydrophobic "tails" derived from fatty...
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    proanthocyanidins (tannins) and a host of other various polyphenolics. Flavonoid Biosynthesis Diagrams Flavanoids can possess chiral carbons. Methods of analysis should...
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  • antioxidant properties and serving as precursors to vitamin A. Carotenoid biosynthesis occurs primarily in the plastids of plant cells, particularly within...
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    Transcription is the process of copying a segment of DNA into RNA. Some segments of DNA are transcribed into RNA molecules that can encode proteins, called...
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    is then oxidized to taurine as described above. A pathway for taurine biosynthesis from serine and sulfate is reported in microalgae, developing chicken...
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  • animals, L-carnitine is obtained from both diet and by biosynthesis. The carnitine biosynthesis pathway is highly conserved among many eukaryotes and some...
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    array of products we recognize as bioactive eicosanoids. Eicosanoid biosynthesis begins when a cell is activated by mechanical trauma, ischemia, other...
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    2006). "Intracellular trafficking of sphingolipids: relationship to biosynthesis". Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 1758 (12): 1885–92...
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    Heme (redirect from Heme biosynthesis)
    bacteria and virus. Thyroid peroxidase is the enzyme catalyzing the biosynthesis of the important thyroid hormones. Because lactoperoxidase destroys invading...
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    hormones, testosterone is derived from cholesterol . The first step in the biosynthesis involves the oxidative cleavage of the side-chain of cholesterol by cholesterol...
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  • A salvage pathway is a pathway in which a biological product is produced from intermediates in the degradative pathway of its own or a similar substance...
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    Tryptophan (symbol Trp or W) is an α-amino acid that is used in the biosynthesis of proteins. Tryptophan contains an α-amino group, an α-carboxylic acid...
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  • biosynthesis, and application of polyketides has evolved. It is a large and diverse group of secondary metabolites caused by its complex biosynthesis...
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