epimerase

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epimerase

(ˈɛpɪməˌreɪz)

(Chemistry) chem an enzyme that catalyses the interconversion of epimers

Translations

epimerasa

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Several enzymes are involved in the incorporation of these substrates in the gluconeogenesis pathway [3]: lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) for lactate; glycerol kinase (GK) and glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GPD) for glycerol; and acyl-CoA synthetase short-chain family member 3 (ACSS3), propionyl-CoA carboxylase (PCC), methylmalonyl-CoA epimerase (MCEE), and methylmalonyl-CoA mutase (MUT) for propionate.

Hepatic transcriptional changes in critical genes for gluconeogenesis following castration of bulls

Indeed, upon insulin stimulation, myoIns is converted by a specific epimerase into its DCIns isomer.

Inositols in Insulin Signaling and Glucose Metabolism

Ohman, "Pseudomonas aeruginosa AlgG is a polymer level alginate C5-mannuronan epimerase," Journal of Bacteriology, vol.

Polymorphonuclear Leukocytes or Hydrogen Peroxide Enhance Biofilm Development of Mucoid Pseudomonas aeruginosa

TSTA3 Catalyzes the reactions Infections, persistent epimerase and reductase leukocytosis, mental and in GDP-D-mannose.

Whole Genome Sequencing in an Acrodermatitis Enteropathica Family from the Middle East

Skjak-Broek, "Biochemical analysis of the processive mechanism for epimerization of alginate by mannuronan C-5 epimerase AlgE4," The Biochemical Journal, vol.

Alginate: Current Use and Future Perspectives in Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Applications

Three different enzymes are involved in the metabolism of galactose include galactose-1-phosphate uridyltransferase (GALT), galactokinase, and epimerase (1).

Clinical, molecular, and genetic evaluation of galactosemia in Turkish children

Glu-1-P then enters the glycolytic pathway to generate energy, and UDP-galactose is converted back to UDP-glucose by UDP-galactose epimerase (GALE).

Racemic oleracein E increases the survival rate and attenuates memory impairment in D-galactose/NaN[O.sub.2]-induced senescent mice

The conversion of MI to DCI is achieved by an epimerase enzyme and its activity was observed to correlate inversely with the degree of insulin resistance.

Inositol modulation of essential metabolic pathways of insulin resistance in metabolic syndrome, polycystic ovarian syndrome, and type 2 diabetes

Those with the most promising results include inhibitors of UDP2 epimerase, Methionine tRNA synthase, the FtsZ proteins, and NDM-1 beta lactamase.

Frontier Pharma: Antibiotics - Identifying and Commercializing First-in-Class Innovation

Mauge et al., "Structure and epimerase activity of anthocyanidin reductase from Vitis vinifera," Acta Crystallographica Section D, vol.

Transcripts of anthocyanidin reductase and leucoanthocyanidin reductase and measurement of catechin and epicatechin in tartary buckwheat

People with galactosemia, either classic galactosemia or epimerase deficiency galactosemia, have genetic mutations that decrease their levels of the key enzymes (GALT and GALE) responsible for the metabolism of a common form of dietary sugar.