organelles and structures (e.g., the biosynthesis of glycosylated cell surface proteins). Elements of biosynthesis include: precursor compounds, chemical...

Protein biosynthesis (or protein synthesis) is a core biological process, occurring inside cells, balancing the loss of cellular proteins (via degradation...

antioxidant properties and serving as precursors to vitamin A. Carotenoid biosynthesis occurs primarily in the plastids of plant cells, particularly within...

alkaloid biosynthesis are too numerous and cannot be easily classified. However, there are a few typical reactions involved in the biosynthesis of various...

sensitivity during daytime, thereby counteracting leptin resistance. The biosynthesis of melatonin in animals involves a sequence of enzymatic reactions starting...

During the Biosynthesis of Haem and Chlorophylls: Mechanistic and Stereochemical Studies". Ciba Foundation Symposium 180 - the Biosynthesis of the Tetrapyrrole...

cholesterol for growth. Cholesterol also serves as a precursor for the biosynthesis of steroid hormones, bile acid and vitamin D. Elevated levels of cholesterol...

they serve as the starting compounds for all other steroids. Steroid biosynthesis is an anabolic pathway which produces steroids from simple precursors...

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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Davis, Edward M.; Croteau, Rodney (2000). "Cyclization Enzymes in the Biosynthesis of Monoterpenes, Sesquiterpenes, and Diterpenes". Topics in Current Chemistry...

Hemoglobin (haemoglobin, Hb or Hgb) is a protein containing iron that facilitates the transport of oxygen in red blood cells. Almost all vertebrates contain...

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...

Subsequently, PLP-AT catalyses the reverse reaction to that of the AAA biosynthesis pathway, resulting in AAA being converted to α-ketoadipate. The product...

proanthocyanidins (tannins) and a host of other various polyphenolics. Flavonoid Biosynthesis Diagrams Flavanoids can possess chiral carbons. Methods of analysis should...

The biosynthesis of isoflavonoids involves several enzymes; These are: Liquiritigenin,NADPH:oxygen oxidoreductase (hydroxylating, aryl migration), also...

ascorbic acid. This biosynthesis is regulated following a diurnal rhythm. Enzyme expression peaks in the morning to supporting biosynthesis for when mid-day...

Ammonia is an inorganic chemical compound of nitrogen and hydrogen with the formula NH3. A stable binary hydride and the simplest pnictogen hydride, ammonia...

The biosynthesis of cocaine has long attracted the attention of biochemists and organic chemists. This interest is partly motivated by the strong physiological...

Phospholipids are a class of lipids whose molecule has a hydrophilic "head" containing a phosphate group and two hydrophobic "tails" derived from fatty...

Durand-Carbajal M, Díaz L (January 2015). "Regulation of calcitriol biosynthesis and activity: focus on gestational vitamin D deficiency and adverse pregnancy...

myeloid leukemia cell line. The biosynthesis of nargenicin is believed to be closely related to fatty acid biosynthesis to produce a polyketide chain....

animals, L-carnitine is obtained from both diet and by biosynthesis. The carnitine biosynthesis pathway is highly conserved among many eukaryotes and some...

is then oxidized to taurine as described above. A pathway for taurine biosynthesis from serine and sulfate is reported in microalgae, developing chicken...

participate in the biosynthesis of both purines and pyrimidines. Formyl folate is required for two of the steps in the biosynthesis of inosine monophosphate...

hormones, testosterone is derived from cholesterol . The first step in the biosynthesis involves the oxidative cleavage of the side-chain of cholesterol by cholesterol...

array of products we recognize as bioactive eicosanoids. Eicosanoid biosynthesis begins when a cell is activated by mechanical trauma, ischemia, other...

plant extract in the development of a new class of biofuels. Lignin biosynthesis begins in the cytosol with the synthesis of glycosylated monolignols...

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...

2006). "Intracellular trafficking of sphingolipids: relationship to biosynthesis". Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 1758 (12): 1885–92...