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half-chair conformation

Biology; Biochemistry

The conformation of a pyranose ring that has been strained to place four adjacent atoms in one plane, e.g. the postulated transition state of the N-acetylglucosamine residue during lysozyme ...

The reversible formation of a bond between two carbons, one of a carbonyl group and the other adjacent to a second carbonyl group; by extension, a condensation of compounds that share that kind of ...

rocket electrophoresis

Biology; Biochemistry

A technique for identification and quantification of a material by electrophoresis into a slab of agarose gel that contains an antibody. The height of the leading edge of the area of precipitation is ...

TATA box

Biology; Biochemistry

A consensus sequence of eukaryotic DNA, named for its sequence on the coding strand, that aligns RNA polymerase II with the start site, about 25 bp downstream from it; from it; also known as a ...

mass spectrographic immunoassay (MSIA)

Biology; Biochemistry

A technique for characterization of antigens, especially when more than one may bind to an antibody. After isolation of an antigen from a solution by using an immobilized antibody, the adsorbed ...

multienzyme complex

Biology; Biochemistry

An aggregate of enzymes of specific composition and geometry that act in sequence on a substrate and that, although separable in vitro, fit and function together for efficiency, e.g. pyruvate ...

Leloir pathway

Biology; Biochemistry

The metabolic route by which galactosyl and glucosyl units are interconverted; the transformation of galactose and ATP to glucose-1-phosphate via the galactokinase, galactose-1-phosphate ...