triphosphohydrolase

A key player of this restriction is the sterile alpha motif-hydroxylase domain 1 protein (SAMHD1, [6 ,7 ,14 ], a dGTP-dependent deoxynucleotide triphosphohydrolase that maintains dNTPs at concentrations that are limiting for efficient reverse transcription [5 ,16 ,17 ,18 ,19 ,20 ]).

2015 October 24, “The Frequency of Cytidine Editing of Viral DNA Is Differentially Influenced by Vpx and Nucleosides during HIV-1 or SIV MAC Infection of Dendritic Cells”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(biochemistry) Any hydrolase that catalyses the hydrolysis of triphosphates


GAR

glutathione amide reductase
glutathione amide reductase#English

(biochemistry) Initialism of glutathione amide reductase.


endocellulase

(biochemistry) Any cellulase that hydrolyses glycoside links within (rather than at the ends of) cellulose chains.


glycosaminidase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of chitin or similar amino-polysaccharides


ketolase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that cleaves carbohydratea at the ketone (carbonyl) position


phosphoesterase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a phosphate enzyme.


metallophosphoesterase

(biochemistry) Any phosphoesterase that is a metalloenzyme


uroplakin

(biochemistry) Any of a particular family of transmembrane proteins


luteotropin

en-noun

luteotropin (countable and uncountable, plural luteotropins)

(biochemistry) Prolactin; a peptide gonadotrophic hormone secreted by the pituitary gland that stimulates growth of the mammary glands and lactation in females.


lactotropin

lactotropin (countable and uncountable, plural lactotropins)


mammotropin

mammotropin (countable and uncountable, plural mammotropins)


leishporin

Based on our findings that Leishmania have a pore-forming cytolysin that we call leishporin, we have been proposing that amastigotes egress from the macrophages is mediated by pore formation on the parasitophorous vacuole and the plasma membrane.

2015 October 30, “Distinct Macrophage Fates after in vitro Infection with Different Species of Leishmania : Induction of Apoptosis by Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis, but Not by Leishmania (Viannia) guyanensis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(biochemistry) A porin isolated from species of Leishmania


mitocalcin

With a focus on genes implicated in mitochondrial Ca 2+ transport and membrane potential, uncoupling protein 2 (Ucp2), mitocalcin (Efhd1), mitochondrial calcium uptake 1 (Micu1), mitochondrial calcium uniporter (Mcu), mitochondrial calcium uniporter regulator 1 (Mcur1), cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 (COX1), and ATP synthase subunit β (Atp5b) were found to be up-upregulated.

2015 November 6, “Antagonistic Regulation of Parvalbumin Expression and Mitochondrial Calcium Handling Capacity in Renal Epithelial Cells”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(biochemistry) A mitochondrial calcium-binding protein


malformin

The pure compound was identified as malformin C via comparison of data with those previously reported [16 ].

2015 November 6, “Study of Malformin C, a Fungal Source Cyclic Pentapeptide, as an Anti-Cancer Drug”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

Aspergillus niger
Aspergillus niger#Translingual

(biochemistry) Any of a group of bicyclic peptides, produced by Aspergillus niger or close relatives, that are mycotoxins.


macrolactin

In the present study, we report that 7-O-succinyl macrolactin A (SMA) suppresses tumor growth by stabilizing the β-catenin destruction complex, which was achieved through inhibition of regulatory components associated with the complex.

2015 November 7, “The Anti-Tumor Activity of Succinyl Macrolactin A Is Mediated through the β-Catenin Destruction Complex via the Suppression of Tankyrase and PI3K/Akt”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(biochemistry) An antibacterial peptide produced by the silkworm Bombyx mori; the gene responsible for its production


succinylase

The succinylase branch utilizes succinyl-CoA to generate succinylated intermediates; similarly the acetylase branch utilizes acetyl-CoA to produce acetylated intermediates.

2015 November 7, “Identification of Small-Molecule Inhibitors against Meso -2, 6-Diaminopimelate Dehydrogenase from Porphyromonas gingivalis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the formation of succinate esters


rhamnosidase

In particular, the rhamnosidase from Lactobacillus acidophilus was able to efficiently degrade flavanone and flavonol glycosides such as hesperidin, naringin and rutin [11 ].

2015 November 7, “Lactobacillus acidophilus —Rutin Interplay Investigated by Proteomics”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a rhamnoside.


xylulokinase

xylulokinase (countable and uncountable, plural xylulokinases)

(biochemistry) A transferase enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction ATP + D-xylulose ⇌ ADP + D-xylulose 5-phosphate.


glycosulfatase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the removal of sulfate from a glycoprotein


virokine

(biochemistry) Any of a group of proteins, similar to cytokines, that are produced by the action of some DNA viruses


indicaxanthin

(organic chemistry) A certain pigment found in beets.


amylomaltase

On the other hand, Kotoński and Sobiech [14 ] found a lower amylomaltase activity in the red and white muscles of carp during winter, when compared to that in summer.

2015 November 12, “The Activity of Neutral α-Glucosidase and Selected Biochemical Parameters in the Annual Cycle of Breeding Carp ( Cyprinus carpio L.)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the transglycosylation of maltose or maltodextrins


polyglutamylase

polyglutamylase (countable and uncountable, plural polyglutamylases)

Tubulin tyrosine ligase-like (TTLL) proteins show polyglutamylase activity for tubulin in mammalian cells.

2015 November 13, “Polyglutamylated Tubulin Binding Protein C1orf96/CSAP Is Involved in Microtubule Stabilization in Mitotic Spindles”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes polyglutamylation.


protelomerase

The parental pDNA (Fig 3) is composed of an^([sic]) eukaryotic expression cassette flanked by two multi-target sites, called "Super Sequence" (SS), acting as recognition sites for PY54 bacteriophage derived Tel protelomerase.

2015 November 13, “Physical Characterization of Gemini Surfactant-Based Synthetic Vectors for the Delivery of Linear Covalently Closed (LCC) DNA Ministrings”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that generates and protects "hairpin" telomeres


azurocidin

The human met-ase locus contains granzyme M, proteinase 3, N-elastase, azurocidin, NSP-4 and complement factor D (CFD).

2015 November 17, “Granule Associated Serine Proteases of Hematopoietic Cells – An Analysis of Their Appearance and Diversification during Vertebrate Evolution”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(biochemistry) Any of a group of cationic antimicrobial proteins that bind heparin


endopolygalacturonase

(biochemistry) Any endocytic polygalacturonase


somatolactin

(biochemistry) A protein related to somatotropin and prolactin


muskelin

muskelin (countable and uncountable, plural muskelins)

Alterations to muskelin expression levels altered attachment to TSP-1 in association with subtle changes to the organization of focal contacts [53 ].

2015 November 17, “Genome-Wide Association Study of Staphylococcus aureus Carriage in a Community-Based Sample of Mexican-Americans in Starr County, Texas”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(biochemistry) An intracellular protein that acts as a mediator of cell spreading


endoperoxidase

COX called also as prostaglandin endoperoxidase synthase is a membrane—bound hemoprotein and glycoprotein enzyme that catalyzes conversion of cell membrane phospholipids, involved in the synthesis of prostanoids comprising: prostaglandin (PG), prostacyclin (PGI) and the thromboxanes (TXA) and exists as 3 isoforms (COX-1, -2 and -3).

2015 November 26, “The Influence of Prolonged Acetylsalicylic Acid Supplementation-Induced Gastritis on the Neurochemistry of the Sympathetic Neurons Supplying Prepyloric Region of the Porcine Stomach”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(biochemistry) Any peroxidase that is associated with an endoperoxide


iodinase

iodinase (countable and uncountable, plural iodinases)

(biochemistry) Synonym of thyroperoxidase


membrane protein

membrane protein (countable and uncountable, plural membrane proteins)

2000. Lodish H, Berk A, Zipursky SL, et al. Molecular Cell Biology. 4th edition. New York: W. H. Freeman; 2000. Section 3.4, Membrane Proteins. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK21570/
Associated with each membrane is a set of membrane proteins that enables the membrane to carry out its distinctive activities.

Membrane proteins, such as receptors, ion channels, and transporters, comprise nearly 30% of all proteins in eukaryotic cells.

2015, Liszewski K, “Dissecting the Structure of Membrane Proteins”, in Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News, volume 35, number 17, Mary Ann Liebert, page 1:

(biochemistry) A protein that is associated with a biological membrane; association typically refers to either the ability to copurify membrane lipids with said protein or the ability to visualize a physical association in situ.

membránfehérje

a protein that is associated with a biological membrane


phosphoform

(biochemistry) The phosphorylated form of a protein


neurotrypsin

The generation and genotyping of neurotrypsin KO mice has been previously described [22 ].

2015 December 3, “C-Terminal Fragment of Agrin (CAF): A Novel Marker for Progression of Kidney Disease in Type 2 Diabetics”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(biochemistry) A serine peptidase stored in presynaptic nerve endings


metalloendoprotease

Following fertilization, ZP2 undergoes proteolytic cleavage by an oocyte-specific astacin-like metalloendoprotease, first reported as ovastacin (citation), released from the cortical granules, and sperm no longer bind to mouse embryos [22 ].

2015 December 4, “Melamine Impairs Female Fertility via Suppressing Protein Level of Juno in Mouse Eggs”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(biochemistry) any endoprotease that is a metalloenzyme


checkpoint protein

checkpoint protein (plural checkpoint proteins)

(biochemistry) A protein that halts a cellular process until certain other processes are complete


refoldase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes refolding of a protein


immunocheckpoint

Non-antigen-specific immunotherapies such as immunocheckpoint blockades have been shown to be effective in the treatment of advanced melanoma.

2015 December 8, “Investigation of FOXM1 as a Potential New Target for Melanoma”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(immunology, biochemistry) A checkpoint protein on T cells


hemocoagulase

The present study found that patients with postoperative fibrinogen deficiency experienced more operative blood loss and a higher rate of postoperative intracranial hematoma, and they were given more blood transfusions, more plasma transfusions, and were administered larger doses of hemocoagulase compared with patients without postoperative fibrinogen deficiency.

2015 December 12, “Risk Factors for Postoperative Fibrinogen Deficiency after Surgical Removal of Intracranial Tumors”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(biochemistry) An enzyme, typically isolated from snake venom, that catalyzes the coagulation of the blood and therefore stops bleeding


cateslytin

In this context, we suppose that cateslytin with its net positive charge of +5 might also interact with hemagglutinin B. In our case, blocking the P.

2015 December 15, “Antibacterial Peptide-Based Gel for Prevention of Medical Implanted-Device Infection”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(biochemistry) A peptide, derived from a chromogranin, that shows an antimicrobial action


procathepsin

The activity was estimated by reducing the incubation time to 2 min to avoid procathepsin L activation [17 ,19 ].

2015 December 17, “An Active 32-kDa Cathepsin L Is Secreted Directly from HT 1080 Fibrosarcoma Cells and Not via Lysosomal Exocytosis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(biochemistry) Any of a family of proteins that are involved in the production of cathepsins


dickkopf

Borrowed from German Dickkopf (“stubborn person”, literally “thick head”), from the fact that Dickkopf-related protein 1 (DKK1), one of the dickkopf proteins, was found to be required for head formation in embryos. The word was coined by Andrei Glinka, Wei Wu, Hajo Delius, A. Paula Monaghan, Claudia Blumenstock, and Christof Niehrs in a 1998 article published in Nature: see the quotation.

bor

Here we describe dickkopf-1 (dkk-1), which encodes Dkk-1, a secreted inducer of Spemann's organizer in Xenopus and a member of a new protein family.

[1998 January 22, Andrei Glinka et al., “Dickkopf-1 is a Member of a New Family of Secreted Proteins and Functions in Head Induction”, in Nature, volume 391, number 6665, London: Nature Research, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, abstract, page 357:

Some of the factors tested included: angiopoietin like protein 7 (ANGLPT7), epidermal growth factor (EGF), fibroblast growth factor 2 (FGF2), transforming growth factor beta 2 (TGF β 2), platelet derived growth factor b (PDGFB), and dickkopf related protein 2 (DKK2).

2015 December 22, Kathryn L. McCabe et al., “Efficient Generation of Human Embryonic Stem Cell-derived Corneal Endothelial Cells by Directed Differentiation”, in PLOS ONE, volume 10, number 12, San Francisco, Calif.: PLOS, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, article number e0145266:

Oncogenic mutations in the human genome disable of the 'β-catenin-destroyer complex' and delete the dickkopfs.

2016, Joseph G. Sinkovics, “Eukaryotic Single Cells and the First Cell Communities Then and Now”, in RNA/DNA and Cancer, Cham, Switzerland: Springer, →DOI, →ISBN, page 81:

(biochemistry) Any of a family of glycoproteins that are involved in the development of the embryo.

British Journal of Pharmacology
British Pharmacological Society
DKK1
Wiley-Blackwell

Dickkopf-proteiini

any of a family of glycoproteins that is involved in the development of the embryo


deacylase

They exhibit a diverse range of functional categories that include porin, transporter, adhesin, lipase, protease, deacylase, pore-forming toxin, and assembly factors [2 ,3 ].

2015 December 23, “PredβTM: A Novel β-Transmembrane Region Prediction Algorithm”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(biochemistry) Any hydrolase that removes an acyl group by hydrolysis


inulosucrase

(biochemistry) Any transferase that catalyzes the transfer of a fructose moiety from sucrose to inulin


myoneurin

In that essence, the effect of such SNPs can be mediated through one of the other genes in 3q26 locus that were found to actually play a role in controlling expression either by activating or repressing the transcription of various genes such as encoding myoneurin (MYNN) including telomerase.

2016 January 1, “Associations of TERC Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms with Human Leukocyte Telomere Length and the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(biochemistry) Any of a family of zinc finger proteins whose members have been implicated in regulatory functions of gene expression


physiocrine

Prior work showed that the asparaginyl-tRNA synthetase (BmAsnRS) of Brugia malayi, an etiological agent of lymphatic filariasis, acts as a physiocrine that binds specifically to interleukin-8 (IL-8) chemokine receptors.

2016 January 12, “Brugia malayi Asparaginyl - tRNA Synthetase Stimulates Endothelial Cell Proliferation, Vasodilation and Angiogenesis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(biochemistry) Any of a family of physiologically-active cytokines


pneumolysoid

To our best knowledge, a validation of pneumolysoid B as a replacement for the PLY antigen in the EIA to detect anti-PLY IgG has never been published.

2016 January 14, “Efficacy of PPV23 in Preventing Pneumococcal Pneumonia in Adults at Increased Risk – A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(biochemistry) Any of a group of recombinant mutant proteins related to pneumolysin.


phytoceramidase

PHS can be converted to PHC followed by a mechanism similar to that between DHS and DHC, but the reverse reaction is catalyzed by the specific enzyme phytoceramidase.

2016 January 20, “Analysis of the Involvement of Different Ceramide Variants in the Response to Hydroxyurea Stress in Baker's Yeast”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(biochemistry) A ceramidase that acts upon phytoceramides


rhamnogalacturonase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a rhamnogalacturonan.


xylogalacturonase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a xylogalacturonan.


metalloreductase

For plants, no corresponding metalloreductase has so far been found [58 ] indicating that the main storage form of iron in the vacuole appears to be complexed Fe(II).

2016 January 23, “The Organization of Controller Motifs Leading to Robust Plant Iron Homeostasis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(biochemistry) Any reductase that is a metalloenzyme


antiholin

Analysis of the 30–84 genome revealed that it also harbors homologs of cidA and lrg, the holin and antiholin genes found in P.

2016 January 27, “The Phenazine 2-Hydroxy-Phenazine-1-Carboxylic Acid Promotes Extracellular DNA Release and Has Broad Transcriptomic Consequences in Pseudomonas chlororaphis 30–84”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(biochemistry) Any protein that counters the effect of holin; a gene responsible for such a protein


actinohivin

We have also observed such differences (10- to 50-fold) when the inhibitory potential of CBAs such as HHA, GNA or actinohivin have been determined for cell-free virus infection of T-lymphocytes versus syncytium formation in cocultures of persistently HIV-1-infected and uninfected cells [44, 45 ].

2016 January 28, “The Cellular Thioredoxin-1/Thioredoxin Reductase-1 Driven Oxidoreduction Represents a Chemotherapeutic Target for HIV-1 Entry Inhibition”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(biochemistry) A lectin, that counters HIV, isolated from an actinomycete of the genus Longispora


thymidylyltransferase

There are four genes, rmlB (dTDP-glucose 4, 6-dehydratase), rmlD (dTDP-4-dehydrorhamnose reductase), rmlA (glucose-1-phosphate thymidylyltransferase), and rmlC (dTDP-4-dehydrorhamnose 3,5-epimerase) that are involved in the biosynthesis of dTDP-L-rhamnose.

2016 January 30, “Comparison of O-Antigen Gene Clusters of All O-Serogroups of Escherichia coli and Proposal for Adopting a New Nomenclature for O-Typing”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(biochemistry) Any transferase that transfers a thymidylyl or thymidyl group.


internexin

For example, internexin neuronal intermediate filament protein alpha (Ina) is located within 1 Mb of Gsto1 at 47.01 Mb and is associated with a strong cis-eQTL (1448992_at; LOD = 20).

2016 February 2, “The Genetic Architecture of Murine Glutathione Transferases”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(biochemistry) A particular neurofilament protein.


DPD

dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase
dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase#English

(biochemistry) Initialism of dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase.


epylisin

The most notable gene in this cluster is MMP28, which encodes epylisin, a novel human matrix metalloproteinase expressed in keratinocytes and associated with cell proliferation during repair after response to epithelial injury [23, 24 ].

2016 February 6, “Molecular and Cellular Profiling of Scalp Psoriasis Reveals Differences and Similarities Compared to Skin Psoriasis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(biochemistry) A particular human matrix metalloproteinase


conopeptide

(biochemistry) Any of a group of oligopeptides found in cone snails.


epiplakin

en-noun

epiplakin (countable and uncountable, plural epiplakins)

Together with epiplakin they function to bundle and assemble intermediate filaments[35 ,36 ].

2016 February 10, “SuperSILAC Quantitative Proteome Profiling of Murine Middle Ear Epithelial Cell Remodeling with NTHi”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:


dephosphatase

Indeed, PKC CK2α has been shown to selectively phosphorylate DUSP6 and increase its dephosphatase activity [49 ].

2016 February 10, “Differential Roles for DUSP Family Members in Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition and Cancer Stem Cell Regulation in Breast Cancer”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:


fucolectin

(biochemistry) Any lectin that binds fucose


chitoporin

Lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase, a copper-dependent enzyme, attacks recalcitrant chitin polysaccharides [4 ,5 ], while endochitinases hydrolyse long chitin chains to chitin oligosaccharides, which are then transported through the bacterial cell wall by chitoporin or ChiP.

2016 February 13, “Probing the Catalytic Mechanism of Vibrio harveyi GH20 ?-N -Acetylglucosaminidase by Chemical Rescue”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(biochemistry) A porin associated with bacterial cell walls


destabilase

destabilase (countable and uncountable, plural destabilases)

Amino acid residues contributing to substrate binding are indicated by empty circles, those contributing to destabilase activity are indicated by black diamonds and those contributing to a potential dimerization are indicated by empty squares.

2016 February 17, “Multiple I-Type Lysozymes in the Hydrothermal Vent Mussel Bathymodiolus azoricus and Their Role in Symbiotic Plasticity”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(biochemistry) A form of lysozyme (isopeptidase) found in the secretions from the salivary glands of medicinal leeches


spectraplakin

Thus it is possible that in Schwann cells, Dst is involved in any or all of intermediate filament organization, basement membrane formation and mediation of signaling of specific integrin complexes—none of which are present in OLs. Further explanation may exist for the seemingly disposable nature of neuronal Dst in OLs. In mammals, a second member of the spectraplakin exists: microtubule-actin crosslinking factor 1 (Macf1; variantly actin crosslinking family 7/Acf7).

2016 February 18, “Cytoskeletal Linker Protein Dystonin Is Not Critical to Terminal Oligodendrocyte Differentiation or CNS Myelination”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(biochemistry) Any of a group of exceptionally long, intracellular proteins that have the rare ability to bind to all three cytoskeletal elements: actin, microtubules, and intermediate filaments


papayotin

(biochemistry) A proteolytic enzyme found in the papaw, resembling papain in its action.


phasin

We repeated the localization experiment overexpressing B. megaterium ’s chromosomally encoded phasin phaP, a natural main constituent of the PHB granules’ monolayer responsible for size regulation, to assess whether the aggregation of CYP11A1eGFP is an artificial effect due to the protein’s heterologous nature.

2015 July 29, Adrian Gerber et al., “Functionalized PHB granules provide the basis for the efficient side-chain cleavage of cholesterol and analogs in recombinant Bacillus megaterium”, in Microbial Cell Factories, volume 14, →DOI:

(biochemistry) Any of a family of surface proteins associated with bacterial granules.


livin

Eight members of the family of inhibitors of apoptosis proteins (IAPs) are reported, including X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis (XIAP), cIAP1, cIAP2, NAIP (NLR family, apoptosis inhibitory protein), livin, ILP2 (IAP-like protein 2), BRUCE and survivin.

2015, Praveen Kumar Jaiswal, Apul Goel, R.D. Mittal, “Survivin: A molecular biomarker in cancer”, in The Indian Journal of Medical Research, volume 141, →DOI:

(biochemistry) A particular protein that inhibits apoptosis


centaurin

Importantly, ACAP2 (also known as centaurin β 2) is recruited to the plasma membrane in a Rab35-dependent manner and functions as a GTPase activating protein (GAP) for ADP-ribosylation factor 6 (ARF6).

2015 July 1, Youhei Egami et al., “Activation-Inactivation Cycling of Rab35 and ARF6 Is Required for Phagocytosis of Zymosan in RAW264 Macrophages”, in Journal of Immunology Research, volume 2015, →DOI:

(biochemistry) Any of a specific group of neuronal scaffold proteins


galactanase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a galactan


endogalactanase

(biochemistry) Any endocytic galactanase


endoarabinanase

100 μl reactions were carried out containing equal volumes of buffered substrate (pH 4.5) and suitably diluted culture filtrate which were then incubated at 40°C for 1 h in the case of the endoarabinanase, endo-1,4-β-glucanase and endo-1,4-β-xylanase activities and 16 h for the endo-1,4-β-galactanase and rhamnogalacturonan activities.

2015 August 1, Isabelle Benoit et al., “Closely related fungi employ diverse enzymatic strategies to degrade plant biomass”, in Biotechnology for Biofuels, volume 8, →DOI:

(biochemistry) Any endocytic arabinanase


retrotranscriptase

DNA microarrays are particularly useful tools in this aspect: after collecting RNA samples from either tissue or cell cultures, cDNA is produced via a retrotranscriptase and hybridized with DNA probes attached to the surface of a manufactured chip.

2015 July 7, Yunlong Hou et al., “Animal Models and “Omics” Technologies for Identification of Novel Biomarkers and Drug Targets to Prevent Heart Failure”, in BioMed Research International, volume 2015, →DOI:

reverse transcriptase
reverse transcriptase#English

(biochemistry) Synonym of reverse transcriptase.


rhamnogalacturonanase

Endoarabinanase, endo-1,4-β-glucanase (cellulase), endo-1,4-β-galactanase and rhamnogalacturonanase activities were measured using 20 mg/ml of Red Debranched Arabinan (S-RDAR), Azo-CM-cellulose (S-ACMC), Azo-galactan (S-AGALP) and AZ-rhamnogalacturonan (S-AZRH), respectively.

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a rhamnogalacturonan


multineurotrophin

MNTS1 is a multineurotrophin that binds and autophosphorylates Trk receptor tyrosine kinases (TrkA/TrkB/TrKC) and p75 neurotrophin receptor (p75 NTR) [ 118 ].

2015 July 9, Vikram Sabapathy, George Tharion, Sanjay Kumar, “Cell Therapy Augments Functional Recovery Subsequent to Spinal Cord Injury under Experimental Conditions”, in Stem Cells International, volume 2015, →DOI:

(biochemistry) A neurotrophin that activates multiple metabolic pathways


ovomucoid

In parallel, egg extract and Gal d 1, ovomucoid, and cow’s milk extract and Bos d 8, casein, were applied.

2015 August 2, Karin Hoffmann-Sommergruber, Sabine Pfeifer, Merima Bublin, “Applications of Molecular Diagnostic Testing in Food Allergy”, in Current Allergy and Asthma Reports, volume 15, →DOI:

(biochemistry) A protein, present in egg white, which, unlike ovalbumin, is heat-stable


glycolipoprotein

(biochemistry) Any lipoprotein that has a covalently-bonded carbohydrate


fimbrillin

These are filamentous components on the cell surface, and their subunit protein, fimbrillin (FimA), reportedly acts on bacterial interaction with host tissues by mediating bacterial adhesion and colonization in targeted sites.

2015, Nora SILVA et al., “Host response mechanisms in periodontal diseases”, in Journal of Applied Oral Science, volume 23, →DOI:

(biochemistry) Any of a class of subunit proteins in the fimbria of some bacteria


shugoshin

From Japanese 守護神 (shugoshin, “guardian”) + -in.

The shugoshin Sgo1 homodimer and inhibitor toxin microcystin peptide have been omitted for clarity.

2015 May 13, Chey Loveday et al., “Mutations in the PP2A regulatory subunit B family genes PPP2R5B, PPP2R5C and PPP2R5D cause human overgrowth”, in Human Molecular Genetics, volume 24, →DOI:

(biochemistry) Any of a family of proteins that play a role in the centromeric protection of cohesin


spastizin

Antibodies used in this study include in-house antibodies against clathrin, AP-5 ζ (monoclonal antibody used for IF), µ5 and SPG11 monoclonal (4) and spastizin [PER antibody (49)] and commercial antibodies against spastizin (Atlas HPA035693), EEA1 (BD Transduction Labs E41120), LAMP1 (Abcam ab24170 and H4A3), CIMPR (2G11; Calbiochem 444105), AP-2 µ2 (AP50; BD Transduction Labs 611351), LC3 (4E12; MBL M152-3B), LBPA (Jean Gruenberg), CD63 (H5C6; BD Biosciences), tubulin (DM1A, Abcam ab7291) and actin (C4, Abcam ab3280).

2015 June 17, Jennifer Hirst et al., “Loss of AP-5 results in accumulation of aberrant endolysosomes: defining a new type of lysosomal storage disease”, in Human Molecular Genetics, volume 24, →DOI:

(biochemistry) A protein, characteristic of spastic paraplegia, that mediates autophagic lysosome reformation


ectodysplasin

(biochemistry) Any of a family of transmembrane proteins associated with ectoderm


dockerin

From docker + -in, because of its "docking" function.

Interacting protein components (enzymes bearing a dockerin and scaffoldin or cohesin) were mixed at a final concentration of 10 µM at room temperature in 20 mM Tris-maleate pH 6.0, 1 mM CaCl 2, and 4 µL were subjected to native PAGE (4–15% gradient) using a Phastsystem apparatus (GE Healthcare).

2015 August 13, Julie Ravachol et al., “Combining free and aggregated cellulolytic systems in the cellulosome-producing bacterium Ruminiclostridium cellulolyticum”, in Biotechnology for Biofuels, volume 8, →DOI:

(biochemistry) Any of a class of proteins that interact with cohesin


redoxin

(biochemistry) Any of a family of proteins that are involved in redox reactions


nucleoredoxin

In line with this finding, H 2 O 2 inhibited the association between disheveled and nucleoredoxin, blocking the Wnt- β -catenin pathway [ 72 ].

2015 July 26, Shijie Ding et al., “Redox Regulation in Cancer Stem Cells”, in Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity, volume 2015, →DOI:

(biochemistry) A thioredoxin that is involved in cell growth and differentiation


cholinephosphotransferase

In addition to de novo DAG that is generated via the Kennedy pathway, DAG precursors for TAG synthesis can also be derived from PC by the reversible action of two enzymes, PC:DAG cholinephosphotransferase (PDCT/ROD1; [ 65 ] and/or cytidine-5′-diphosphocholine:DAG cholinephosphotransferase (CPT; [ 66, 67 ].

2015 August 16, Aruna Kilaru et al., “Oil biosynthesis in a basal angiosperm: transcriptome analysis of Persea Americana mesocarp”, in BMC Plant Biology, volume 15, →DOI:

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the transfer of phosphocholine (in a glyceride)


sphingosinokinase

For the other S1P species, the the^([sic]) mostly important is sphingosinokinase (SK) in the reticulum, inner membrane and nucleus, respectively.

2015 August 15, Weronika Wronowska et al., “Computational modeling of sphingolipid metabolism”, in BMC Systems Biology, volume 9, →DOI:


filensin

This may indicate cataract development, with concomitant degradation of the 94 kDa and 50 kDa forms of filensin, in addition to the decreased GSH and AsA concentrations.

2015 July 31, Yosuke Nakazawa et al., “Hesperetin prevents selenite-induced cataract in rats”, in Molecular Vision, volume 21:

(biochemistry) A fibrous protein present in the lens of the eye


microvitellogenin

The B. mori 30KP sequences are similar to those of microvitellogenin in Manduca sexta ( Wang et al.

2015 June 13, Xiao-Feng Shi et al., “Identification and Characterization of 30 K Protein Genes Found in Bombyx mori (Lepidoptera: Bombycidae) Transcriptome”, in Journal of Insect Science, volume 15, →DOI:

(biochemistry) A very small form of a vitellogenin


premembrane

Acute samples were tested by real-time RT-PCR targeting the premembrane (prM)/envelope gene at the Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences (AFRIMS). 2 Three samples taken from Ratchaburi province, Thailand, were positive for ZIKV infection based on serologic studies whereas ZIKV RNA was detected in the other four samples.

2015, Rome Buathong et al., “Detection of Zika Virus Infection in Thailand, 2012–2014”, in The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, volume 93, →DOI:

(biochemistry) A signal peptide responsible for dengue envelope translocation in cells


paramyosin

paramyosin (countable and uncountable, plural paramyosins)

The target of >40% protection has been achieved with some schistosome molecules such as fatty acid binding protein (Sm14), paramyosin, calpain large subunit (Sm80), superoxide dismutase (SOD), glutathione S-transferase (GST), glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase, and cysteine peptidases ( 2 ).

2015 July 30, Rashika El Ridi, Ahmad A. Othman, Donald P. McManus, “Editorial: The Schistosomiasis Vaccine – It is Time to Stand up”, in Frontiers in Immunology, volume 6, →DOI:

(biochemistry) A muscle protein, similar to myosin, present in some invertebrates


megasynthase

A long, multi-domain olefin megasynthase was translationally coupled to a reporter protein or antibiotic resistance marker as a way to monitor and improve its translation elongation via synonymous codon mutations ( 34 ).

2015 June 27, Tian Tian, Howard M. Salis, “A predictive biophysical model of translational coupling to coordinate and control protein expression in bacterial operons”, in Nucleic Acids Research, volume 43, →DOI:

(biochemistry) A large, complex synthase (that produces a specific natural product as if on an assembly line)


isopentenyltransferase

The rate-limiting step for cytokinin biosynthesis involves a group of isopentenyltransferase (IPT) enzymes.

2015 April 23, Simon Moore et al., “Spatiotemporal modelling of hormonal crosstalk explains the level and patterning of hormones and gene expression in Arabidopsis thaliana wild-type and mutant roots”, in The New Phytologist, volume 207, →DOI:

(biochemistry) Any transferase that catalyses the transfer of an isopentenyl group


hemoglobinase

H11 and H-gal-GP are believed to be components of the hemoglobinase complex in the H. contortus adult gut responsible for digestion of the ingested host hemoglobin and are regarded as hidden antigens not exposed to the host immune system [ 9, 16, 17 ].

2015 August 19, Christian Heim et al., “Inhibition of Haemonchus contortus larval development by fungal lectins”, in Parasites & Vectors, volume 8, →DOI:

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the breakdown of hemoglobin


endoglycoceramidase

Results of analyzing Exo1 with the InterProScan [ 24 ] software at the Carbohydrate Active Enzymes database ( http://www.cazy.org/ ) [ 38 ], suggests that Exo1 belongs to the Glycoside Hydrolase Family 5 (GH5), which includes enzymes with cellulase or xylanase activity [i.e., endoglucanase (Enzyme Commission number [ 39 ]: EC 3.2.1.4), xylanase (EC 3.2.1.8), exo-1,3-glucanase (EC 3.2.1.58), endo-1,6-glucanase (EC 3.2.1.75), β-mannanase (EC 3.2.1.78), and endoglycoceramidase (EC 3.2.1.123)].

2015 August 11, Angsana Keeratijarut et al., “The Immunoreactive Exo-1,3-β-Glucanase from the Pathogenic Oomycete Pythium insidiosum Is Temperature Regulated and Exhibits Glycoside Hydrolase Activity”, in PLoS ONE, volume 10, →DOI:

(biochemistry) A membrane-asociated endocytic glycosidase


glycerophosphodiesterase

As a first application, we have simulated the diffuse scattering produced by alternative TLS refinements of the glycerophosphodiesterase GpdQ (Jackson et al., 2007 ▸ ).

2015 July 28, Andrew H. Van Benschoten et al., “Predicting X-ray diffuse scattering from translation–libration–screw structural ensembles”, in Acta Crystallographica Section D: Biological Crystallography, volume 71, →DOI:

(biochemistry) Any enzyme (such as a lecithinase) that catalyses the hydrolysis of a glycerophosphodiester


diphosphohydrolase

A recent study reported that the endoplasmic reticulum enzyme ectonucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolase 5 stimulates ATP consumption and favors aerobic glycolysis, thereby promoting cancer cell survival [ 30 ].

2015 August 18, Somin Lee et al., “High Inorganic Phosphate Intake Promotes Tumorigenesis at Early Stages in a Mouse Model of Lung Cancer”, in PLoS ONE, volume 10, →DOI:

(biochemistry) Any phosphohydrolase that catalyses the removal of two phosphate groups (typically from a triphosphate)


pentapeptidase

VanY, a d -Ala- d -Ala-specific pentapeptidase, evolved into VanXY through acquisition of the “bisubstrate loop,” which added hydrolysis of d -Ala- d -Ala to that of a d -Ala- d -Ala-containing pentapeptide.

2015 August 11, Djalal Meziane-Cherif et al., “Structural and Functional Adaptation of Vancomycin Resistance VanT Serine Racemases”, in mBio, volume 6, →DOI:

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a pentapeptide


sulfamidase

Continuous secretion of hASA into the CSF of wild-type (C57BL/6J) mice was seen, and the levels were sustainable, similar to sustained secretion of sulfamidase in mucopolysaccharidosis type IIIA dogs 6 .

2015 August 18, Kohei Hironaka et al., “Enzyme replacement in the CSF to treat metachromatic leukodystrophy in mouse model using single intracerebroventricular injection of self-complementary AAV1 vector”, in Scientific Reports, volume 5, →DOI:

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the removal of sulfate groups from carbohydrates such as mucopolysaccharides


trappin

This protein is encoded by a trappin gene family.

2015 March 25, Anna Skoczyńska et al., “New look at the role of progerin in skin aging”, in Przegla̜d Menopauzalny = Menopause Review, volume 14, →DOI:

(biochemistry, genetics) Any of a group of proteins having N-terminus linked to transglutaminase; the associated protein domain


disaggregase

Another small molecule, Hsp104,a protein disaggregase, can rapidly resolubilize denatured protein aggregates and restore function of proteins [ 94, 95 ].

2014 July 4, Zhe Long, Beisha Tang, Hong Jiang, “Alleviating neurodegeneration in Drosophila models of PolyQ diseases”, in Cerebellum & Ataxias, volume 1, →DOI:

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that breaks up protein aggregates


imipenemase

In addition to KPC, several other carbapenemases have been identified in the United States: New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase (NDM), oxacillinase (OXA), Verona integron–encoded metallo-β-lactamase (VIM), and imipenemase (IMP) ( 5, 6 ).

2015, Nora Chea et al., “Improved Phenotype-Based Definition for Identifying Carbapenemase Producers among Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae”, in Emerging Infectious Diseases, volume 21, →DOI:

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the breakdown of imipenem


senataxin

The apparent dominant inheritance pattern (pseudodominant) was the result of the unusual coincidence of both mother and daughter being compound heterozygotes for senataxin mutations.

2015 April 30, Laurence Newrick, Malcolm Taylor, Marios Hadjivassiliou, “Pseudodominant AOA2”, in Cerebellum & Ataxias, volume 2, →DOI:


chromomethylase

For the families DNMT2, DNMT3 and chromomethylase, these values are 65, 36–52%, and 53–60%, respectively, for both species.

2015 August 18, Clelia De-la-Peña et al., “The role of chromatin modifications in somatic embryogenesis in plants”, in Frontiers in Plant Science, volume 6, →DOI:

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the methylation of chromatin


centrophilin

The target antigen is a 210-kDa centrophilin that is not only localized in the pericentrosomal region of mitotic cells but also present in interphase nuclear matrix ( 46 ).

2015 August 20, Edward K. L. Chan et al., “Report of the First International Consensus on Standardized Nomenclature of Antinuclear Antibody HEp-2 Cell Patterns 2014–2015”, in Frontiers in Immunology, volume 6, →DOI:

(biochemistry) A mitotic spindle protein involved in microtubule nucleation


haptoglobulin

However, the other markers of dehydration such as globulin and haptoglobulin were not in significantly higher quantities after the ride and remained stable.

2015 July 15, Margaux M. Luck et al., “Energetics of endurance exercise in young horses determined by nuclear magnetic resonance metabolomics”, in Frontiers in Physiology, volume 6, →DOI:


monoubiquitinase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses monoubiquitination


transsialidase

One of the earliest events of multiple modifications of LDL is a desialylation of lipoprotein glycoconjugates caused by the transsialidase circulating in the blood [ 15 ].

2015 June 9, Alexander N. Orekhov et al., “Development of Antiatherosclerotic Drugs on the basis of Natural Products Using Cell Model Approach”, in Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity, volume 2015, →DOI:

(biochemistry) Any sialidase that operates between the surfaces of different cells


miniprotein

(biochemistry) A small protein (or a large polypeptide), especially one that folds into a structure similar to that of a normal protein


exoglucosidase

(biochemistry) Any glucosidase enzyme that hydrolyses a terminal glucosidic bond


halogenase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes a halogenation reaction


ketosynthase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the synthesis of ketones, but especially that catalyzes the synthesis of polyketides


lasso peptide

(biochemistry) Any of a large group of macrocyclic peptides whose structure resembles a knotted lasso


astexin

(biochemistry) Any of a family of heat-sensitive lasso peptides


streptomonomicin

(biochemistry) A particular lasso peptide, found in a halophilic actinomycete, that has antibiotic activity


glycogenin

(biochemistry) An enzyme that initiates the conversion of glucose to glycogen


flavohemoglobin

(biochemistry) A flavoprotein related to hemoglobin


flavoglobin

(biochemistry) Any flavoprotein that is a globin


cubilin

From CUB domain (protein domain) + -il- (probably arbitrary) + -in (“protein”).

af

(biochemistry) A protein that plays a role in vitamin B₁₂ absorption.


B cell coreceptor complex
B cell coreceptor complex

(biochemistry) B-cell and FDC membrane protein involved in the complement system and B cell coreceptor complex, and bound by EBV.


pantetheinase

(biochemistry) Any pantetheine hydrolase


argifin

(biochemistry) A cyclopentapeptide, produced by species of genus Gliocephalis (syn. Gliocladium), that inhibits chitinases.


edeine

(biochemistry) A polypeptide antibiotic, produced by Brevibacillus brevis (syn. Bacillus brevis), that inhibits initiation of polyphenylalanine


holocarboxylase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses multiple carboxylation or decarboxylation reactions, especially those involving biotin


RNA polymerase

(genetics, biochemistry) An enzyme that is involved in the transcription of RNA.

RNA-polymeraasi

enzyme involved in the transcription of RNA


cyclogenase

(biochemistry) Any of a class of prostaglandin-endoperoxide synthases


Taq polymerase

From the thermophilic bacterium Thermus aquaticus.

Another use of Taq polymerase is directly in DNA sequencing, where the high temperatures employed help reduce problems caused by secondary structure in the template and allow an increase in the stringency of primers used. Taq polymerase has, for the reasons mentioned earlier, become a very important tool for the molecular biologist.

2009, A.N. Shukla, Industrial Enzymology, →ISBN, page 237:

Taq polymerase lacks a proofreading activity and as a result is unable to correct its errors.

2010, Terry Brown, Gene Cloning and DNA Analysis: An Introduction, →ISBN, page 157:

If a PCR is performed with Taq polymerase and with 10,000 template molecules, producing a product that is 1000 bp long, 1% of the newly generated fragments will have a mutation in the first cycle.

2010, Cornel Mulhardt, Molecular Biology and Genomics, →ISBN, page 73:

(biochemistry) A thermostable DNA polymerase known for its relatively high rate of transcription errors.


Bruton's tyrosine kinase

(biochemistry) A tyrosine-protein kinase that has a role in the development of B cells

Ogden Bruton
en:Bruton's tyrosine kinase


cortexillin

en-noun

cortexillin (countable and uncountable, plural cortexillins)

Here, we examined the arrangement and orientation of two rod-like coiled-coil proteins, cortexillin and tropomyosin, around patterned gold nanostructures.

2015, Jae-Byum Chang, Yong Ho Kim, Evan Thompson, Young Hyun No, Nam Hyeong Kim, Jose Arrieta, Vitor R. Manfrinato, Amy E. Keating, Karl K. Berggren, “Single-molecule study on the orientation of coiled-coil proteins attached to gold nanostructures”, in arXiv:

(biochemistry) A coiled-coil protein found in Dictyostelium cells


PUP

(biochemistry) Prokaryotic ubiquitin-like protein


beta globin

(biochemistry) One of the two globin subunits in the most common form of haemoglobin in humans.


hydroxyprotein

(biochemistry) Any protein containing significant amounts of the hydroxyamino acids serine, threonine and/or tyrosine


arginyl aminopeptidase

(biochemistry) The enzyme aminopeptidase B, which catalyses the release of N-terminal Arg and Lys from oligopeptides when P1' is not Pro.


adenase

(biochemistry) An enzyme found especially in animal tissue (as liver) that hydrolyzes adenine to hypoxanthine and ammonia.


transmethylase

Although the dimethylthetin transmethylase can be prepared free from the betaine transmethylase by further alcohol fractionation, all active betaine transmethylase preparations have had dimethylthetin transmethylase activity.

1948, JW Dubnoff, H Borsook, “Dimethylthetin and dimethyl-β-propriothetin in methionine synthesis”, in Journal of Biological Chemistry:

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyses transmethylation.


ANP

Atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) (55) and insulin-like growth factor (56) have demonstrated no improvement in renal failure rates.

2011, Pauline K. Park, “Assessment of Noncardiac Perioperative Risk”, in Michael W. Mulholland, Gerard M. Doherty, editors, Complications in Surgery, 2nd edition, Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, →ISBN, page 85:

atrial natriuretic peptide
atrial natriuretic peptide#English

(biochemistry) Initialism of atrial natriuretic peptide.


fructotransferase

(biochemistry) Any of a class of enzymes that produce difructose anhydrides from fructans.


glucotransferase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that liberates glucose from amylose.


lamellipodin

(biochemistry) A protein that promotes the formation of lamellipodia


NADS

(biochemistry) Initialism of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide synthetase.


alcoholase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that converts glucose or lactic acid to alcohol


camphorin

(biochemistry) A ribosome-inactivating protein found in camphor seeds


cartilagein

(biochemistry) A protein found in cartilage


cornein

(biochemistry) A protein-like material found in corals


pejvakin

(biochemistry) A protein that regulates the function of hair cells


trephone

(biochemistry) Any hormone that stimulates growth and division of cultured cells


thyrodoxin

(biochemistry) A selenium-dependent peroxidase present in the thyroid


malectin

endoplasmic reticulum
endoplasmic reticulum

(biochemistry) A membrane-anchored protein of the endoplasmic reticulum that recognises and binds glycans


phosvette

(biochemistry) Any of a class of polypeptides related to the phosvitins


ovovitellin

ovovitellin (countable and uncountable, plural ovovitellins)

(biochemistry) A form of casein found in egg yolk


calfluxin

calfluxin (countable and uncountable, plural calfluxins)

(biochemistry) A gonadotropic neuropeptide that is involved in calcium influx in some snails


phenol oxidase

(biochemistry) Alternative form of phenoloxidase


cyclohydrolase

(biochemistry) Any hydrolase that also catalyses a cyclization


malonylesterase

(biochemistry) Any esterase that catalyses the hydrolysis of malonates


dorsal body hormone

dorsal body hormone (plural dorsal body hormones)

Any of a class of neuropeptides present in the cerebral ganglia of certain hermaphrodite freshwater snails


light green cell hormone

light green cell hormone (plural light green cell hormones)

dorsal body hormone
dorsal body hormone#English


Dsup

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Dsup.

A DNA-associating protein, naturally found only in tardigrades, which suppresses the occurrence of DNA breaks by radiation.


acylamidase

acylamidase (countable and uncountable, plural acylamidases)


adenosinase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of adenosine


aleuronate

(biochemistry) A protein found in the endosperm of cereal grain; a flour composed of this protein, and very little starch, used to make food for diabetics


amidinohydrolase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of an amidine


anchorin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of collagen-binding proteins related to annexin


SRH

somatotropin-releasing hormone
somatotropin-releasing hormone#English

(biochemistry) Initialism of somatotropin-releasing hormone.


GHRH

(biochemistry) Initialism of growth hormone-releasing hormone.


TRH

thyrotropin-releasing hormone
thyrotropin-releasing hormone#English

(biochemistry) Initialism of thyrotropin-releasing hormone.


aurovertin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of proteins that inhibits respiration


avenacinase

(biochemistry) A saponin-detoxifying enzyme present in fungi of the genus Gaeumannomyces


azoprotein

(biochemistry) Any protein, coupled with another material via a diazo linkage, that is used in immunochemical procedures


butyrocholinesterase

(biochemistry) Synonym of pseudocholinesterase


calcyclin

(biochemistry) A certain calcium-binding protein


calelectrin

(biochemistry) Any of a certain group of calcium-dependent annexin proteins


calpactin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of calponins that bind actin


fodrin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of spectrins that bind actin


carbamoylase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the conversion of an N-carbamoyl-amino acid into ammonia, carbon dioxide and the free amino acid


carotenase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that converts carotene into vitamin A


cellobiosidase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that releases cellobiose from one end of the cellulose molecule by hydrolysis


centractin

(biochemistry) A central subunit of dynactin


cytocuprein

(biochemistry) Synonym of erythrocuprein


curacin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of peptide synthases found in some cyanobacteria


chitobiosidase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a chitobioside


chlorohydrolase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the replacement of chloride groups by hydroxy groups


macrolipase

[To our knowledge, the simultaneous presence of macroamylase and macrolipase in the same patient has been previously reported in only four cases. Interestingly, two of those patients had celiac disease. If macroamylase and macrolipase are present, the possibility of celiac disease should be considered.]

2003, Oita T, Yamashiro A, Mizutani F, Tamura A, Sakizono K, Okada A, “[Simultaneous presence of macroamylase and macrolipase in a patient with celiac disease]”, in Rinsho Byori [Japanese Journal of Clinical Pathology], volume 51, number 10, →PMID, pages 974–977:

A macroenzyme form of a lipase, such as the macromolecular pancreatic lipase sometimes (but not always) correlated with acute pancreatitis or celiac disease.


PETN reductase

(biochemistry) A denitration enzyme which can break down penthrite (PETN) and nitroglycerine (GTN) by removing nitrite.


cholecystokinase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of cholecystokinin


choleragen

Vibrio cholerae
Vibrio cholerae#Translingual

(biochemistry) An endotoxin produced by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae


chondrocalcin

chondrocalcin (countable and uncountable, plural chondrocalcins)

(biochemistry) A calcium-binding protein involved in the mineralization of bone


chondroprotein

(biochemistry) Any glycoprotein found in cartilage


codecarboxylase

(biochemistry) Any active site on a decarboxylase which catalyzes the decarboxylation of D-amino acids


coglucosidase

(biochemistry) A coenzyme that activates a glucosidase


adenosylmethioninase

(biochemistry) The enzyme adenosylmethionine cyclotransferase.


vasopressinase

(biochemistry) An aminopeptidase enzyme that cleaves vasopressin, oxytocin, and other peptide hormones.


crotalase

(biochemistry) A snake venom enzyme that clots fibrinogen.


venombin

venombin (countable and uncountable, plural venombins)

(biochemistry) Any of a class of thrombin-like enzymes from snake venom.


wolframin

(biochemistry) A particular transmembrane protein.


tafazzin

Named after the masochistic comic character Tafazzi, in reference to the complex procedure required to identify the protein, + -in.

(biochemistry) A protein involved in the metabolism of cardiolipin.


crotalin

(biochemistry) A protein in rattlesnake venom


cryoprotein

(biochemistry) Any protein that is less soluble in a cold solvent


cyclodeaminase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses a cyclodeamination reaction


cyclolysin

(biochemistry) A haemolysin found in the bacterium Bordetella pertussis


cyclotransferase

(biochemistry) Any transferase whose action results in cyclization


dealkylase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses a dealkylation reaction


dehydroxylase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses a dehydroxylation reaction


dematin

(biochemistry) An actin microfilament bundling protein that is associated with erythrocyte membranes


deoxyriboaldolase

(biochemistry) Any aldolase that hydrolyses a deoxyribose phosphate


deoxynucleotidase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a deoxynucleotide


desmocalmin

(biochemistry) A protein, found in bovine desmosomes, that binds calmodulin


dextrase

(biochemistry) Any of the enzymes that catalyse the conversion of dextrose into lactic acid


TSLP

thymic stromal lymphopoietin
w:thymic stromal lymphopoietin

(biochemistry, immunology) Initialism of thymic stromal lymphopoietin.


diesterase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a diester; but especially a phosphodiesterase


duodenase

(biochemistry) A serine endopeptidase found in the mucosa of the bovine duodenum.


dorsalin

(biochemistry) A protein that regulates cell differentiation along the dorsoventral axis of the neural tube


dornase

(obsolete, biochemistry) Synonym of deoxyribonuclease


ductin

(biochemistry) A multifunctional membrane protein


elastomucoproteinase

(biochemistry) A form of elastase that has both proteolytic and mucolytic activity


endoamylase

(biochemistry) Any amylase that works on nonterminal glycoside linkage.


epiglycanin

(biochemistry) A mucin-type glycoprotein on the surface of a carcinoma cell


GHIH

(biochemistry) Initialism of growth hormone-inhibiting hormone.


esteropeptidase

(biochemistry, in combination) A peptidase that cleaves a polypeptide at a specific peptide ester linkage


exoamylase

exoamylase (countable and uncountable, plural exoamylases)

(biochemistry) An amylase that hydrolyses glycosidic bonds near an end of the polysaccharide


megasynthetase

(biochemistry) Any large, complex synthetase


galacturonosidase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a galacturonide


endopolyphosphatase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a polyphosphate to an oligophosphate


holocellulase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that hydrolyses and breaks down holocellulose


transformylase

(biochemistry) Synonym of formyltransferase


ferricatalase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme (such as catalase itself) that contains at least one reactive iron atom


oncomodulin

(biochemistry) A calcium-binding parvalbumin found in macrophages


polyadenylribosylpolymerase

From poly- + adenyl + ribosyl + polymerase.


reprolysin

(biochemistry) A group of metalloproteases, that contains zinc, found in some snake venom


telluroprotein

(biochemistry) Any (typically semisynthetic) protein that contains tellurium in place of one or more sulfur atoms


sulfhydrylase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses a reaction with hydrogen sulfide to form a sulfhydryl group


amylosucrase

amylosucrase (countable and uncountable, plural amylosucrases)

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of sucrose, the released glucose moiety being added to a glycan


glucanotransferase

(biochemistry) Any transferase that catalyses the transfer of (part of) a glucan


penetratin

(biochemistry) A peptide, derived from a protein, that can penetrate a cell wall


patatin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of glycoproteins found in potatoes


siglec

(biochemistry) Any of a family of cell surface proteins that bind sialic acid


cardiotin

(biochemistry) A protein complex located in the mitochondria of cardiomyocytes and in skeletal muscle


camstatin

(biochemistry) Any of a family of oligopeptides that are calmodulin antagonists


nonlipoprotein

(biochemistry) Any protein that is not a lipoprotein


pancrease

(biochemistry) Any of several digestive enzymes found in the pancreas.


afadin

(biochemistry) An actin filament-binding protein that binds to nectin


coagulogen

coagulogen (countable and uncountable, plural coagulogens)

(biochemistry) A soluble protein that is converted to the insoluble coagulin by the clotting system of the horseshoe crab.


deoxyribozyme

(biochemistry) Any catalytic form of DNA, most of which act as enzymes that cleave RNA


rubrerythrin

rubrerythrin (countable and uncountable, plural rubrerythrins)

(biochemistry) A non-haem iron protein involved in oxidative stress tolerance in anaerobic bacteria


viperin

viperin (countable and uncountable, plural viperins)

(biochemistry) A protein that inhibits viruses


flocculin

(biochemistry) Any of a family of cell surface adhesins


corazonin

corazonin (countable and uncountable, plural corazonins)

From Spanish corazón (“heart”), because of its ability to accelerate the heartbeat in Periplaneta americana.

(biochemistry) A neuropeptide present in many insects


myomodulin

(biochemistry) A neuropeptide myomodulator


periviscerokinin

(biochemistry) Any of a family of neuropeptides present in some insects


basonuclin

(biochemistry) A zinc finger protein present in skin and hair


gankyrin

(biochemistry) An oncoprotein, having multiple ankyrin repeats, that forms part of a proteasome


lipophorin

lipophorin (countable and uncountable, plural lipophorins)

(biochemistry) A lipoprotein that transports diacylglycerol


kaposin

kaposin (countable and uncountable, plural kaposins)

(biochemistry) A protein, associated with Kaposi's sarcoma, that enhances the release of pathogenetically important proinflammatory cytokines.


lipoproteinase

From lipo- + proteinase or lipoprotein + -ase.

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a lipoprotein to form a lipid and a protein


oligoribonuclease

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that hydrolyses oligoribonucleotides


polyphosphatase

From poly- + phosphatase or polyphosphate + -ase.

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that hydrolyses polyphosphates


cornulin

(biochemistry) A calcium-binding protein present in the upper layer of squamous epithelia


dorfin

(biochemistry) A particular ubiquitin ligase


GFAP

glial fibrillary acidic protein
glial fibrillary acidic protein#English

(biochemistry) Initialism of glial fibrillary acidic protein.


glial fibrillary acidic protein

glial fibrillary acidic protein (plural glial fibrillary acidic proteins)

glial fibrillary acidic proteins (plural)

intermediate filament
intermediate filament

central nervous system
central nervous system

(biochemistry) An intermediate filament protein expressed by numerous cell types of the central nervous system.


phosphatonin

(biochemistry) Any of a class of proteins that control phosphate homeostasis


axotropin

(biochemistry) A ubiquitin ligase associated with gene expression


oligophrenin

(biochemistry) Any of a family of proteins that modulate cytoskeletal changes


carboligase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyses a carboligation (decarboxylation and ligation) reaction


glycerophosphotransferase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the transfer of a glycerophosphate group


lipoyltransferase

(biochemistry) A transferase that transfers lipoic acid to proteins


hydroperoxidase

(biochemistry) Any oxidoreductase that employs hydrogen peroxide

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that reduces a peroxide to an alcohol


nocturnin

(biochemistry) A protein (a deadenylase) which plays an important role in posttranscriptional regulation of metabolic genes under circadian control


staphopain

(biochemistry) Any of a family of endopeptidases present in Staphylococcus


quinohemoprotein

(biochemistry) A quinoprotein form of a hemoprotein


thermonuclease

(biochemistry) Any thermostable nuclease


arabinosidase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a arabinoside


falcipain

(biochemistry) Any of a family of proteases found in papaya


glutenase

(biochemistry) Any protease that hydrolyses gluten


tamalin

(biochemistry) A scaffold protein that interacts with neuroproteins


pericam

pericam (countable and uncountable, plural pericams)

(biochemistry) A fluorescent chimeric protein composed of a circularly permuted green fluorescent protein fused to calmodulin


restrictase

(biochemistry) Any endonuclease that cleaves DNA at restriction sites


autoprotease

(biochemistry) A protease that hydrolyses peptide bonds within its own molecule, typically releasing a specific amino acid sequence


chondroadherin

chondroadherin (countable and uncountable, plural chondroadherins)

(biochemistry) A cartilage matrix protein that mediates adhesion of chondrocytes


cyanoglobin

(biochemistry) A hemoprotein, similar to myoglobin, found in certain cyanobacteria


denitroxylase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the removal of nitric oxide moieties


desulfoferrodoxin

(biochemistry) A protein, that contains both ferric and ferrous atoms, found in bacteria of the genus Desulfovibrio.


dihydratase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses two hydrolysis reactions


epimorphin

(biochemistry) A mesenchymal protein essential for epithelial morphogenesis


holotransferrin

(biochemistry) A beta globulin that plays a role in the transport of iron


nodosome

(biochemistry) Any of a group of proteins that regulate the control of bacterial infections and inflammation


chromokinesin

chromokinesin (countable and uncountable, plural chromokinesins)

(biochemistry) A nuclear protein, related to kinesin, that binds DNA


autophagin

(biochemistry) A cysteine protease associated with autophagy


hepsin

(biochemistry) A membrane-associated serine peptidase that plays a role in cell growth


isochorismatase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of isochorismate


oryzenin

(biochemistry) A glutelin that is the main protein in rice


secalin

(biochemistry) Any of a family of prolamin glycoproteins present in rye


adenosylhomocysteinase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that hydrolyses adenosylhomocysteine to homocysteine and adenosine


calystenin

(biochemistry) Any of a family of postsynaptic neuronal-membrane proteins


isotocin

A derivative of oxytocin that occurs in fish


onconase

(biochemistry) An antitumor ribonuclease proposed for use in chemotherapy


nyctalopin

(biochemistry) A proteoglycan, mutations of which are associated with nyctalopia


plasmoredoxin

(biochemistry) A redox protein associated with malarial parasites


papainase

(biochemistry) An endopeptidase present in papaya


ubiquilin

(biochemistry) A protein that regulates protein degradation


MARCKS

(biochemistry) Acronym of myristoylated alanine-rich C-kinase substrate.


tomosyn

tomosyn (countable and uncountable, plural tomosyns)

(biochemistry) A protein that binds to syntaxin


bombyxin

bombyxin (countable and uncountable, plural bombyxins)

(biochemistry) A brain peptide, related to insulin, responsible for activation of prothoracic glands in insects


cystallin

(biochemistry) A heat shock protein in the lens of the eye


methyloxidase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the oxidation of a methyl group (typically -CH₃ => -CH₂OH)


moronecidin

(biochemistry) An antimicrobial peptide present in the striped bass (of genus Morone)


hexamerin

(biochemistry) Any of a family of insect storage proteins


ovochymase

Xenopus laevis
Xenopus laevis#Translingual

(biochemistry) A protease, similar to chymotrypsin, released during Xenopus laevis egg activation


peritrophin

(biochemistry) A protein located in the peritrophic matrix of insects


driselase

(biochemistry) A commercial mixture of cellulase, hemicellulase, pectinase etc used to remove plant cell walls


meltrin

meltrin (countable and uncountable, plural meltrins)

(biochemistry) A metalloprotein involved in the formation of osteoclasts.


neuroleukin

phosphohexose isomerase
phosphohexose isomerase

(biochemistry) A neurotrophic protein related to phosphohexose isomerase


neurotrimin

(biochemistry) A protein that is active within the limbic system


neurochondrin

(biochemistry) Any of a family of proteins that induce hydroxyapatite resorption in bone marrow


sialoglycoprotease

(biochemistry) A protease that hydrolyses sialoglycoproteins


glycoprotease

(biochemistry) A protease that hydrolyses glycoproteins


gastrokine

(biochemistry) Any of a group of gastrokinetic proteins


melusin

(biochemistry) A protein that binds to integrin within striated muscle


murinoglobulin

(biochemistry) A protease inhibitor present in murine blood


monotonin

(biochemistry) A lipocalin present in the salivary gland of the soft tick Argas monolakensis


prosomatostatin

(biochemistry) A statin that is associated with diabetes and coronary disease


mucinase

The enzyme elaborated by Clostridium perfringens, which we have designated mucinase, hydrolyzes synovial fluid mucin in two stages.

1940 January 5, William van B. Robertson, Marian W. Ropes, Walter Bauer, “Mucinase: a Bacterial Enzyme which Hydrolyzes Synovial Fluid Mucin and other Mucins”, in Journal of Biological Chemistry:

(biochemistry) A lyase that hydrolyses mucins


DHPR

dihydropyridine receptor
dihydropyridine receptor#English

(biochemistry) Initialism of dihydropyridine receptor.


auracyanin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of copper-binding proteins present in the photosynthetic bacterium Chloroflexus aurantiacus


deepoxidase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses a deepoxidation reaction


dethiolase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses a dethiolation reaction


hymenoptaecin

(biochemistry) An antibacterial polypeptide present in bees


mycolyltransferase

(biochemistry) Any transferase that transfers mycolyl groups


scapinin

(biochemistry) A phosphatase that regulates actin


calciprotein

A mixture of calcium salts and protein that is involved in mineralisation in the body


immunoevasin

(biochemistry) Any of a family of immunoevasive proteins expressed by sum viruses


pyrazinamidase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that converts the prodrug pyrazinamide to the active form pyrazinoic acid


phosphodehydrogenase

(biochemistry) Any dehydrogenase that acts on a phosphate (such as glucose-6-phosphate)


retrotransposase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses retrotransposition


aleurain

(biochemistry) A protease, found in barley, related to cathepsin


calsyntenin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of cadherins that can bind calcium


esculinase

(biochemistry) A glucosidase that hydrolyses esculin


galaxin

galaxin (countable and uncountable, plural galaxins)

(biochemistry) A protein present in the coral Galaxea fascicularis


glycerokinase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of a phosphate from ATP to glycerol


hemoxygenase

hemoxygenase (countable and uncountable, plural hemoxygenases)

(biochemistry) An enzyme that degrades heme to produce biliverdin, ferrous iron, and carbon monoxide.


glycoenzyme

(biochemistry) Any enzyme responsible for the biosynthesis of glycans and glycoconjugates


horcolin

(biochemistry) A lectin that binds mannose


phosphohexomutase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the interconversion of isomers of hexose phosphates


tweenase

Seems to be connected with Tween, a brand name for polysorbates.

(biochemistry) Triacylglycerol lipase; a lipase that hydrolyses a triglyceride to form a 1,3-diglyceride.


adiponutrin

(biochemistry) A glycoprotein similar to patatin


chromobox

(biochemistry) Any of a class of proteins associated with heterochromatin


cyanase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyses the conversion of cyanate to carbamate


desulfurylase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the removal of a sulfate group


falcilysin

Plasmodium falciparum
Plasmodium falciparum#Translingual

(biochemistry) A metalloprotease present in the protozoan malaria-causing parastie Plasmodium falciparum


hemicentin

(biochemistry) Any of a family of extracellular immunoglobins that are conserved across vertebrate species


heptosyltransferase

(biochemistry) Any transferase that transfers heptose groups


octanoyltransferase

(biochemistry) Any transferase that transfers octanoyl groups


leukolysin

(biochemistry) A metalloproteinase present in leukocytes


catastrophin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of proteins which cause destabilization in microtubules.


sialolectin

(biochemistry) A lectin that binds sialic acid


statherin

(biochemistry) A protein that prevents the precipitation of calcium phosphate in saliva, leaving it available for remineralisation of tooth enamel


synaptogyrin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of membrane proteins associated with presynaptic vesicles in neurons


aminotranspeptidase

(biochemistry) Any transpeptidase that catalyzes the transfer of an amino group


centriolin

(biochemistry) A protein required by the centrosome for proper functioning


anastellin

(biochemistry) An angiostatic fibronectin


acidoglycoprotein

acidoglycoprotein (countable and uncountable, plural acidoglycoproteins)

(biochemistry) A glycoprotein that has a free, terminal carboxylic acid group


hornerin

(biochemistry) A protein present in the epidermis in response to a wound


prepronociceptin

(biochemistry) A protein that is the precursor of nociceptin and nocistatin


pseudoenzyme

(biochemistry) Any protein that has some biochemical function but is not a true enzyme


vinexin

(biochemistry) A vinculin-binding protein that enhances actin cytoskeletal organization


alkylhydroperoxidase

(biochemistry) Any hydroperoxidase that reduces an alkyl peroxide to the corresponding alcohol


bicupin

(biochemistry) Any protein that has two copies of the cupin domain


cortistatin

(biochemistry) A neuropeptide present in inhibitory neurons of the cerebral cortex


exophosphatase

(biochemistry) Any phosphatase that hydrolyses polyphosphate from the end of its chain


monocupin

(biochemistry) Any protein that has a single copy of the cupin domain


quercetinase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme, typically a dioxygenase, that breaks down quercetin.


staphylocoagulase

Staphylococcus aureus
Staphylococcus aureus#Translingual

(biochemistry) An enzyme, secreted by the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus, that causes clotting of the blood


uroplasminogen

(biochemistry) urokinase when active against plasminogen


cellodextrinase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a cellodextrin


microperoxidase

(biochemistry) Any very small peroxidase, but especially any of the oligopeptides formed by cleavage of cytochrome


preprotachykinin

(biochemistry) Any of a family of peptide precursors of the tachykinin neurotransmitters


actinase

(biochemistry) A protease that hydrolyses actins


autochaperone

(biochemistry) Synonym of autotransporter


carcinolectin

(biochemistry) Any of a family of lectins associated with horseshoe crabs of the genus Carcinoscorpius.


encapsulin

(biochemistry) Any of a family of structural bacterial proteins


fucosylase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that removes fucosyl groups


insulinotropin

(biochemistry) An insulinotropic peptide similar to glucagon


leukolectin

(biochemistry) Any of a family of lectins involve with vertebrate macrophages


attractin

(biochemistry) Any of a particular group of lectins


cystathioninase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that cleaves cystathione to produce cystein and α-ketobutyrate


diphosphorylase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes a diphosphorylation recation


dideoxygenase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes a dideoxygenation reaction


enhancin

(biochemistry) A metalloprotease that enhances nucleopolyhedrovirus infection


monoesterase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a phosphate monoester


calmyrin

(biochemistry) A myristoylated calcium-binding protein implicated in Alzheimer's disease


deoxynucleotidylexotransferase

(biochemistry) An exotransferase that transfers deoxynucleotidyl groups


endobrevin

(biochemistry) A synaptobrevin associated with the early mammalian embryo


calsenilin

(biochemistry) A recoverin that interacts with presenilins


fermitin

(biochemistry) Any of a family of proteins that are required for integrin-mediated cellular adhesion


hemolin

(biochemistry) An immunoglobulin present in moths and butterflies


inversin

(biochemistry) A ciliary protein that is required for normal renal development


viscumin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of toxic lectins present in mistletoe (Viscum album)


alphafetoprotein

(biochemistry) A protein produced in the fetal liver


apotransferrin

(biochemistry) The apoprotein of transferrin


decoron

(biochemistry) Any of a group of protein associated with decorins


laminarinase

laminarinase (countable and uncountable, plural laminarinases)

(biochemistry) An enzyme that hydrolyses the glucan laminarin


neuroglian

(biochemistry) A glycoprotein associated with neural and glial cell adhesion


parafibromin

(biochemistry) A protein that inhibits cell proliferation and suppresses some tumors


undulin

(biochemistry) An extracellular matrix glycoprotein, related to fibronectin, associated with collagen fibrils


twinfilin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of proteins that bind actin


apotyrosinase

(biochemistry) The apoprotein of a tyrosinase


apohydrogenase

(biochemistry) The apoprotein of a hydrogenase.


stefin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of recombinant cysteine protease inhibitors


supervillin

supervillin (countable and uncountable, plural supervillins)

(biochemistry) A protein similar to gelsolin


abaecin

abaecin (countable and uncountable, plural abaecins)

(biochemistry) An antimicrobial peptide present in some insects


arginyltransferase

(biochemistry) A transferase that transfers an arginyl group, typically to a protein


calmegin

(biochemistry) A chaperone protein involved in adhesion of sperm to egg


dicarboxylase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes a dicarboxylation reaction


endomucin

(biochemistry) A membrane-bound glycoprotein expressed by endothelial cells


phosphomutase

(biochemistry) Any mutase that acts on phosphate groups


adamalysin

adamalysin (countable and uncountable, plural adamalysins)

(biochemistry) A zinc metalloproteinase present in the venom of rattlesnakes (Crotalus adamanteus)


ASS

argininosuccinate synthase
argininosuccinate synthase#English

(biochemistry) Initialism of argininosuccinate synthase.


cenexin

(biochemistry) A fibrous protein present in the tail of sperm cells


fragilysin

(biochemistry) A particular zinc metalloprotease


gloverin

gloverin (countable and uncountable, plural gloverins)

(biochemistry) An inducible antibacterial protein present in the pupae of the giant silk moth Hyalophora


hemonectin

(biochemistry) An extracellular hematopoietic cytoadhesion protein present in bone marrow


lebocin

lebocin (countable and uncountable, plural lebocins)

(biochemistry) An antibacterial glycoprotein present in some insects


neurensin

(biochemistry) Any of a small group of proteins active in transduction of nerve signals or in nerve growth


moricin

(biochemistry) An antibacterial polypeptide present in the silkmoth Bombyx mori


canavalin

(biochemistry) A storage protein present in beans of the genus Canavalia.


exochitinase

(biochemistry) Any chitinase that cleaves a chitin molecule at a terminal position


hevamine

Hevea brasiliensis
Hevea brasiliensis#Translingual

(biochemistry) A chitinase present in the rubber tree Hevea brasiliensis


polyadenylase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that degrades polyadenylate


crescentin

(biochemistry) A bacterial cytoskeletal protein


endohemicellulase

(biochemistry) Any hemicellulase that hydrolyses hemicellulose from the ends rather than in the middle


endoisopeptidase

(biochemistry) Any isopeptidase that works specifically at the terminal position


lunasin

lunasin (countable and uncountable, plural lunasins)

(biochemistry) A peptide that is present in soy and some other cereal grains and may have some anticancer properties


mercaptalbumin

(biochemistry) A form of albumin that has free (unoxidized) thiol groups on its cysteine residues


calpromotin

(biochemistry) A cytoplasmic protein associated with sickle-cell anemia


deSUMOylase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that removes a SUMO protein from its target


cystoprotein

(biochemistry) Any protein produced (as mutations) in cystic disease of the kidney


dystonin

dystonin (countable and uncountable, plural dystonins)

(biochemistry) A neuronal protein that is a form of plakin


lithostathine

(biochemistry) A protein that inhibits the formation of pancreatic stones


piscidin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of antimicrobial peptides present in fish


bothrombin

(biochemistry) A thrombin present in the venom of the pit viper Bothrops jararaca.


fukutin

(biochemistry) A transmembrane protein involved with histogenesis


elongin

(biochemistry) Any of a family of transcription elongation factors that are involved with protein ubiquitination


rhinocerase

(biochemistry) A serine protease isolated from the Gaboon viper Bitis rhinoceros (syn. of Bitis gabonica).


jararacussin

(biochemistry) A fibrinogen-clotting enzyme in the venom of the pit viper Bothrops jararacussu


tachylectin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of lectins present in the horseshoe crab (of genus Tachypleus)


tryparedoxin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of oxidoreductases present in trypanosomatids


carboanhydrase

carboanhydrase (countable and uncountable, plural carboanhydrases)

carbonic anhydrase
carbonic anhydrase#English

(biochemistry) Synonym of carbonic anhydrase


chimerin

(biochemistry) A protein that regulates axogenesis


lymphostatin

(biochemistry) A toxic bacterial protein that inhibits mitogen-activated proliferation


nitroprotein

(biochemistry) A nitrated protein, produced in some tumors


parvulin

(biochemistry) A small enzyme that catalyses the cis-trans isomerisation of proline peptide bonds.


aldoketoreductase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the reduction of the carbonyl group of aldehydes or ketones


apolactoferrin

(biochemistry) The iron-free form of lactoferrin


fusase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the fusion (dimerization) of protein molecules


osteogenin

(biochemistry) A bone morphogenic protein that inhibits proliferation and stimulates differentiation of osteoprogenitors in human bone marrow


achromopeptidase

(biochemistry) A lysyl endopeptidase from the bacteria Chromobacter lyticus


biliprotein

(biochemistry) Any of a group of coloured conjugated protein, containing a bilin, that function as photoreceptors


bicyclase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses two cyclization reactions (typically at both ends of a carotenoid such as lycopene)


calcipressin

(biochemistry) Any of a small group of proteins that inhibit the action of calcineurin


dromyosuppressin

(biochemistry) An immunoreactive neuropeptide present in Drosophila


dermokine

(biochemistry) A recombinant protein secreted in the epidermis


macrosialin

(biochemistry) A heavily glycosylated transmembrane protein associated with macrophages


monocyclase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses a single cyclization reaction (typically at one end of a carotenoid such as lycopene)


peroxidoxin

(biochemistry) Any of a family of antioxidant proteins


sarcolipin

(biochemistry) A protein that regulates thermogenesis in mammal muscles


thymoglobulin

(biochemistry) An antithymocyte immunoglobulin


telethonin

(biochemistry) A protein that regulates sarcomere assembly in muscles


antiquitin

(biochemistry) A dehydrogenase that acts upon aminoadipic semialdehyde in the catabolism of lysine


chitobiase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that hydrolyses chitobiose


endotransglycosidase

(biochemistry) Any transglycosidase in which the sugar is moved from the terminal position of a polysaccharide


holoplastocyanin

(biochemistry) The form of a plastocyanin containing a bound copper atom


alveolin

alveolin (countable and uncountable, plural alveolins)

(biochemistry) A type of protease similar to astacin


crosstide

(biochemistry) A peptide related to glycogen synthase kinase


mutarotase

(biochemistry) An epimerase that catalyses a mutarotation


putidaredoxin

(biochemistry) An adrenodoxin produced by Pseudomonas putida


ribosylase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyses ribosylation.


aspartoacylase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyses the deacylation of acetyl-aspartate


degenerin

(biochemistry) A mechanosensory protein that forms an epithelial sodium channel


guanyltransferase

(biochemistry) Any transferase that transfers a guanyl group


indolicidin

indolicidin (countable and uncountable, plural indolicidins)

(biochemistry) An oligopeptide that shows antibacterial activity


otogelin

(biochemistry) A glycoprotein of the acellular gel of the inner ear


palladin

(biochemistry) A protein that is a component of actin-containing microfilaments that control cell shape.


tachyplesin

tachyplesin (countable and uncountable, plural tachyplesins)

(biochemistry) An antimicrobial peptide present in horseshoe crabs of the genus Tachypleus


calliphorin

(biochemistry) A storage protein present in the larvae of blowflies of the genus Calliphora,


butyryltransferase

(biochemistry) Any transferase that catalyses the transfer of a butyryl group


nagalase

(biochemistry) The enzyme N-acetylgalactosaminidase


prelipoprotein

(biochemistry) The precursor of a lipoprotein


glycophosphoprotein

(biochemistry) Any phosphoprotein that has bound carbohydrate (or glycoprotein that has bound phosphate)


mapmodulin

(biochemistry) A protein that binds to microtubule-associated proteins


hydroxyperoxidase

(biochemistry) Synonym of hydroperoxidase


semenogelin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of proteins that form a gel matrix that encases ejaculated spermatozoa


seipin

seipin (countable and uncountable, plural seipins)

endoplasmic reticulum
endoplasmic reticulum

(biochemistry) A homooligomeric integral membrane protein in the endoplasmic reticulum that concentrates at junctions with cytoplasmic lipid droplets


galactolectin

(biochemistry) Any lectin that binds galactose


iminohydrolase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of an imine


hypermutase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses hypermutation


silacidin

(biochemistry) A highly-phosphorylated protein that is involved in biomineralization


silaffin

a compound of the words silica and affiliation

(biochemistry) A protein that acts as a matrix for the precipitation of silica in the cell walls of diatoms.


treculavirin

(biochemistry) A peptide, isolated from a species of Treculia, that has anti-HIV properties.


metalloisopeptidase

(biochemistry) Any isopeptidase that is a metalloenzyme


prorenalase

(biochemistry) A precursor protein that becomes renalase when activated


feruloyltransferase

(biochemistry) Any transferase that transfers a feruloyl group


interferase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that interferes with a biochemical process


leukoregulin

(biochemistry) A glycoprotein lymphokine that regulates the extracellular matrix in dermal fibroblasts


mesotrypsin

(biochemistry) A trypsin isoform which is resistance to natural trypsin inhibitors


nucleobindin

(biochemistry) A calcium-binding protein


ovorubin

(biochemistry) A chromoprotein, present in gastropod eggs, that is a proteinase inhibitor.


trehalohydrolase

(biochemistry) A hydrolase that catalyses the hydrolysis of trehalose


metallophosphohydrolase

(biochemistry) A metalloenzyme form of phosphohydrolase


aegerolysin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of hemolytic proteins, many of which possess antitumoral, antiproliferative and antibacterial properties


glycoamidase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that hydrolyses the amide link of a glycosamide


neurabin

neurabin (countable and uncountable, plural neurabins)

(biochemistry) An actin-binding protein that inhibits phosphatase activity


dermaseptin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of peptides, isolated from the skin of some frogs, that have properties that may be useful for drug delivery


exosortase

(biochemistry) Any of a group of bacterial enzymes that are associated with protein sorting


exosulfatase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that removes sulfate groups from the ends of carbohydrate sulfates


micropeptide

(biochemistry) A very small peptide that has some biological activity and can thus be considered to be a protein


beclin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of proteins associated with autophagy and apoptosis


astrotactin

(biochemistry) A glycoprotein associated with the migration and adhesion of neurons


autoactivator

(biochemistry) An enzyme involved in autoactivation


heterocyclase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the formation of a heterocycle


oxoprolinase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of oxoproline


chaplin

(biochemistry) Any of a class of bacterial proteins that form fibrils instead of a coiled structure.


iminopeptidase

(biochemistry) Any peptidase that selectively attacks an imine or secondary amine (such as proline)


halomucin

halomucin (countable and uncountable, plural halomucins)

(biochemistry) An archaeal protein present in a Haloquadratum species


peroxinectin

(biochemistry) A form of peroxidase, present in crayfish blood, that functions in cell adhesion


latexin

(biochemistry) Any of a family of proteins associated with eggshell production


presenilinase

(biochemistry) A protease that targets presenilin


formiminotransferase

(biochemistry) Any transferase that transfers a formimino group, typically to/from a glutamate group


acromoprotease

(biochemistry) Synonym of achromopeptidase


decatenase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses a decatenation reaction, especially of DNA


halocyanin

halocyanin (countable and uncountable, plural halocyanins)

(biochemistry) A small blue protein, present in bacteria of the genus Natronobacterium, that contains a cuprous copper atom.


lactocepin

lactocepin (countable and uncountable, plural lactocepins)

(biochemistry) A lactococcal cell envelope-associated proteinase


oligoendopeptidase

(biochemistry) An endopeptidase that splits oligopeptides


otoconin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of matrix proteins present in otoconia


retinoschisin

(biochemistry) A protein, present in the retina, that is associated with retinoschisis


transprotein

transmembrane protein
transmembrane protein#English

(biochemistry) Synonym of transmembrane protein


transmembrane protein

transmembrane protein (plural transmembrane proteins)

(biochemistry) Any protein that is permanently attached to a biological membrane and protrudes on each side.


calprismin

(biochemistry) A protein present in the shell of the fan mussel


desulfoviridin

(biochemistry) A dissimilatory sulfite reductase present in the bacterium Desulfovibrio desulfuricans


guanosyltransferase

(biochemistry) Any transferase that catalyses transfer of a guanosyl group


imelysin

(biochemistry) Any of a family of peptides first discovered in a Pseudomonas


mucoperlin

(biochemistry) A form of mucin present in the nacreous shell layer of the fan mussel


pericardin

(biochemistry) A protein, similar to collagen, that is involved in the morphogenesis of heart epithelium in some insects


tomoregulin

(biochemistry) Any of a small group of transmembrane proteins that inhibit nodal signalling


vasoinhibin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of vasoinhibitory proteins present in the hypothalamus


aquapoline

(biochemistry) A membrane protein that regulates transportation of water


herbicolin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of antibacterial peptides present in some bacteria of the genus Pantoea


leukotrienase

(biochemistry) A membrane protein responsible for the formation of leukotrienes


neelaredoxin

Treponema pallidum
Treponema pallidum#Translingual

(biochemistry) An iron-binding superoxide-reductase present in the syphilis spirochete, Treponema pallidum.


phosphomannoprotein

(biochemistry) A glycoprotein containing phosphomannose


selenomolybdoenzyme

(biochemistry) A metalloenzyme containing both selenium and molybdenum


thermoenzyme

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that is not inhibited by elevated temperatures (typically used as laundry aids)


thiocalsin

(biochemistry) A protease that is activated by calcium after having been reacted with thioredoxin


chlorinase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses a chlorination reaction


endomannosidase

(biochemistry) An endocellular mannosidase


fervidolysin

(biochemistry) A keratinolytic enzyme, related to subtilisin, present in a bacterium of the genus Fervidobacterium


exocellobiohydrolase

(biochemistry) Any exocellular cellobiohydrolase


halolysin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of halophilic proteinases


lactosidase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a lactoside


myristoyltransferase

(biochemistry) Any transferase that transfers a myristoyl group


sulfoxyreductase

(biochemistry) Any reductase that reduces sulfoxide (typically in oxidized methionine)


tectorin

(biochemistry) Any of a class of protein present in the tectorial membrane


tungstoenzyme

(biochemistry) Any metalloenzyme that contains tungsten


viroceptor

(biochemistry) A virokine that resembles a cellular receptor


caenopore

(biochemistry) Any of a group of pore-forming antimicrobial proteins produced by nematodes of the genus Caenorhabditis.


chondromodulin

(biochemistry) A form of glycosylated transmembrane protein that promotes chondrocyte growth and inhibits angiogenesis


dopadecarboxylase

(biochemistry) A decarboxylase that decarboxylates dihydroxyphenylalanine


excinuclease

(genetics, biochemistry) A nuclease that carries out excision as part of DNA repair


flavohemoprotein

(biochemistry) A hemoprotein, containing flavin, that functions as a nitric oxide dioxygenase


glycopeptidase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that hydrolyses a glycopeptide or glycoprotein


metalloendoproteinase

(biochemistry) Any endoproteinase that is a metalloenzyme


penaeidin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of antimicrobial peptides, found in shrimps, that bind chitin


prostein

(biochemistry) A protein that is expressed in the cytoplasm of benign and malignant prostate cells


stiparin

(biochemistry) A glycoprotein, present in sea cucumber dermis, that aggregates collagen fibrils


subolesin

(biochemistry) A protein, present in ticks of the genus Ixodes, that confers immunity to some pathogens.


virilizer

(biochemistry) A protein active in virilization.


uridylase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a uridylate


amoebapore

(biochemistry) Any of a group of small amphipathic membranolytic proteins present in Entamoeba


catestatin

(biochemistry) An endogenous protein, derived from chromogranin, that regulates cardiac function


cyanobacteriochrome

(biochemistry) Any of a family of photoreceptor proteins, related to phytochrome, found in the cyanobacteria


equistatin

(biochemistry) An inhibitor of cysteine proteinases present in the sea anemone Actinia equina


stellacyanin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of metalloproteins containing copper


apextrin

(biochemistry) An extracellular protein associated with larval ectoderm evolution in some sea urchins


bacillolysin

(biochemistry) A form of thermolysin present in bacteria of the genus Bacillus.


chlamyopsin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of bacterial retinal proteins, related to rhodopsin, present in Chlamydomonas


neuroprotease

(biochemistry) Any protease that is active in the nervous system


scolexin

(biochemistry) A plasma protein that induced immunological coagulation in response to some infections


vibriolysin

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(biochemistry) A thermostable form of thermolysin present in bacteria of the genus Vibrio.


deneddylase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses deneddylation


acrogranin

(biochemistry) An acrosomal glycoprotein, rich in cysteine, that is a precursor of granulins


archaeosortase

(biochemistry) An enzyme, in some archaea, that modifies protein sorting


dendroaspin

(biochemistry) A toxic protein in the venom of the mamba Dendroaspis


diubiquitin

(biochemistry) A dimer of ubiquitin; the motif responsible for its biosynthesis


evasin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of chemokine-binding proteins present in ticks


kratagonist

(biochemistry) Any of a group of agonist proteins in anopheline saliva that inhibit host immunological response


methylpred

(biochemistry, pharmacology, colloquial) Methylprednisolone.


rhombosortase

(biochemistry) Any rhomboid sortase (present in many bacteria)


thyropin

(biochemistry) Any of a class of thyroglobulins that are proteinase inhibitors


actopaxin

(biochemistry) A focal adhesion protein that binds paxillin


cytokinase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that activates cytokine


pseudophosphatase

(biochemistry) A pseudoenzyme that is a catalytically-inactive phosphatase


microglobin

(biochemistry) Any microprotein that is a globin


tetrastatin

(biochemistry) A C-terminal domain of a collagen that inhibits melanoma growth


coesterase

(biochemistry) A form of carboxylesterase


remorin

(biochemistry) Any of a class of protein found in solanaceous plants


clostridiopeptidase

(biochemistry) collagenase from Clostridium histolyticum


androglobin

(biochemistry) A chimeric globin associated with the testes


deuterolysin

en-noun

deuterolysin (countable and uncountable, plural deuterolysins)

(biochemistry) A metalloproteinase present in aspergillus


immunomodulin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of modulins that modify the secretion of proteins such as cytokines


prionoid

(biochemistry) Any misfolded protein similar to a prion


protoglobin

(biochemistry) A simple globin, found in some archaea, that can bind oxygen and carbon monoxide


seroenzyme

(biochemistry) Any enzyme present in blood serum


aplysianin

(biochemistry) Any of a small group of antibacterial and antineoplastic glycoproteins present in sea slugs of the genus Aplysia.


apohemoglobin

(biochemistry) The apoprotein of hemoglobin


apomucin

(biochemistry) The apoprotein of a mucin


cardiokine

(biochemistry) Any of a group of cardiokinetic protein hormones secreted by the heart


fructanase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a fructan


fuculokinase

(biochemistry) Any kinase that catalyses the phosphorylation of fuculose


hydrophilin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of proteins, present in some yeasts, that prevents cell death during desiccation


lignocellulase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that hydrolyses lignocellulose


photoenzyme

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses a photochemical reaction


procollagenase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that activates collagen, allowing it to be broken down by collagenases


protachykinin

(biochemistry) A peptide isolated from pheochromocytoma tissue.


tailspike

(biochemistry) A viral adhesion protein used by a phage to attach itself to a bacterial host


anabaenopeptin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of biologically-active peptides present in cyanobacteria, principally of the genus Anabaena.


arthrofactin

(biochemistry) A cyclic lipopeptide, that functions as a surfactant, produced by Arthrobacter bacteria


caytaxin

(biochemistry) A protein, mutations of which cause a variety of cerebellar diseases such as Cayman ataxia


crocalbin

(biochemistry) A reticulocalbin protein that binds crotoxin


elastinase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that hydrolyses elastin


ferriperoxin

(biochemistry) A peroxidase essential for the aerobiosis of some extremophile bacteria


haptocorrin

(biochemistry) A glycoprotein similar to (or maybe identical to) transcobalamin


fibroleukin

(biochemistry) A protein similar to fibrinogen


granulophysin

(biochemistry) A membrane protein sometimes present in blood platelets


maltotriase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of maltotriose


microglycoprotein

(biochemistry) A very small glycoprotein


opistoporin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of peptides that form pores in cell membranes


neoculin

(biochemistry) A heterodimeric protein, in the fruit of Curculigo latifolia, that modifies sour tastes to sweet


caloxin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of membrane proteins that transport calcium ions


carboxymethylase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyses carboxymethylation


cephamycinase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of cephamycins


dechelatase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses dechelation


fructofuranosidase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a fructofuranoside


glyceroporin

(biochemistry) A form of aquaporin that is active in the transport of glycerol


granin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of secretory proteins


anhydrolase

(biochemistry) Any hydrolase that hydrolyses an acid anhydride


deoxyribonucleotidase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the dephosphorylation of a deoxyribonucleotide


ribonucleotidase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the dephosphorylation of a ribonucleotide


disruptase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that disrupts a biochemical process, typically an interaction between RNA and protein


metallothioprotein

(biochemistry) Any protein that contains a metal (typically zinc) bound to a cysteine residue


monocarboxypeptidase

(biochemistry) Synonym of carboxypeptidase


osteoactivin

(biochemistry) A glycoprotein that regulates osteoblast differentiation and function


raffinase

(biochemistry) A form of galactosidase that hydrolyses raffinose


PPD

PPD (countable and uncountable, plural PPDs)

purified protein derivative
purified protein derivative#English

(biochemistry) Initialism of purified protein derivative.


adenylcyclase

adenosine triphosphate
adenosine triphosphate

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyses the cyclization of adenosine triphosphate


apoflavodoxin

apoflavodoxin (countable and uncountable, plural apoflavodoxins)

(biochemistry) The apoprotein of flavodoxin


ferlin

(biochemistry) Any of a family of proteins that play a part in vesicle fusion and membrane trafficking


palmdelphin

(biochemistry) An isoform of a paralemmin


paralemmin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of prenylated and palmitoylated phosphoproteins associated with some cell membranes


pseudopilin

(biochemistry) A form of pilin that lacks disulfide bonds between its folds


protopectinase

(biochemistry) Any protease that breaks down protopectin


superaquaporin

(biochemistry) Any aquaporin that lacks a cytoplasmic N-terminal region


archaemetzincin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of zinc-dependant aminopeptidases present in some archaea


cleavase

(biochemistry) A form of endonuclease that cleaves at the junctions between single- and double-stranded DNA


cytoprotein

(biochemistry) Any protein present within a cell


deglycosidase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the removal of glycoside linkages