Sentences with phrase «synthetase enzymes»

In addition to glycolysis, acetyl - CoA is produced from the oxidation of fatty acids by acyl - CoA synthetase enzymes in the outer mitochondrial membrane, and then transported into the inner mitochondrial matrix by acetyl L - carnitine for β oxidation and ATP production.

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Human milk contains various enzymes; some are specific for the biosynthesis of milk in the mammary gland (eg, lactose synthetase, fatty acid synthetase, thioesterase), whereas others are specific for the digestion of proteins, fats, and carbohydrates that facilitate the infant's ability to break down food and to absorb human milk.

Production of the enzyme asparagine synthetase is deficient in ALL and several other types of cancer cells, which are therefore unable to synthesize the amino acid asparagine.

The plant rids itself of the toxic ammonia with an enzyme called glutamine synthetase.

There are 20 of these ancient enzymes called aminoacyl - tRNA synthetases (aaRSs).

The team identified the gene affected by the mutation code for asparagine synthetase, the enzyme responsible for synthesizing the amino acid asparagine.

We are currently characterizing the aminoacylation activity of the mitochondrial enzyme seryl - tRNA synthetase (SRS).

In order for this activation to take place, the enzyme methionine adenosyltransferase (MAT, also known as S - adenosyl methionine synthetase) breaks apart ATP to harvest from it a molecule of adenosine and then activates methionine by sticking adenosine onto it.

As mentioned previously, ginger properties include anti-inflammatory actions that stem from a group of compounds called gingerols, which work by inhibiting the prostaglandin - biosynthesizing enzyme, known as PH synthetase or cyclooxygenase (COX).

For example, enterolactone made from flaxseed lignans has been shown to be an estrogen agonist (promoting estrogen production, through increased formation of transcription factors like ER - alpha and ER - beta), as well as an estrogen antagonist (working against estrogen production, through inhibition of enzymes like estrogen synthetase).

Stevia First owns the patent on steviol synthetase, an enzyme that can boost the production of steviol glycosides without any bitter aftertaste.