Apolipoproteins are proteins that bind lipids (oil-soluble substances such as fat and cholesterol) to form lipoproteins. They transport the lipids through the lymphatic and circulatory systems. The lipid components of […]
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Glycogen phosphorylase
Glycogen phosphorylase is one of the phosphorylase enzymes (EC 2.4.1.1). Glycogen phosphorylase catalyzes the rate-limiting step in glycogenolysis in animals by releasing glucose-1-phosphate from the terminal alpha-14-glycosidic bond. Glycogen phosphorylase […]
Glutamate decarboxylase
Glutamate decarboxylase or glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) is an enzyme that catalyzes the decarboxylation of glutamate to GABA and CO2. GAD uses PLP as a cofactor. The reaction proceeds as […]
Galactose—1-phosphate uridylyltransferase
Galactose-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase (or GALT) is an enzyme (EC 2.7.7.12) responsible for converting ingested galactose to glucose.Galactose-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase (GALT) catalyzes the second step of the Leloir pathway of galactose metabolism namely:UDP-glucose […]
Estrogen receptor
Estrogen receptors are a group of proteins found inside cells. They are receptors that are activated by the hormone estrogen (17β-estradiol). Two classes of estrogen receptor exist: ER which is […]
Protein Z
Protein Z (PZ or PROZ) is a protein which in humans is encoded by the PROZ gene.Protein Z is a member of the coagulation cascade the group of blood proteins […]
Protein Z-related protease inhibitor
Protein Z-dependent protease inhibitor is a protein circulating in the blood which inhibits factors Xa and XIa of the coagulation cascade. It is a member of the class of the […]
Factor XI
Factor XI or plasma thromboplastin antecedent is the zymogen form of factor XIa one of the enzymes of the coagulation cascade. Like many other coagulation factors it is a serine […]
Factor V
Factor V (pronounced factor five) is a protein of the coagulation system rarely referred to as proaccelerin or labile factor. In contrast to most other coagulation factors it is not […]
Factor X
Factor X also known by the eponym Stuart-Prower factor or as prothrombinase thrombokinase or thromboplastin is an enzyme (EC 3.4.21.6) of the coagulation cascade. It is a serine endopeptidase (protease […]