List of articles in "Biomolecule" category - Page 1753

Thiaminase (EC 2.5.1.2) is an enzyme that metabolizes or breaks down thiamine into two molecular parts. The old name was Aneurinase.There are two types: thiaminase I at the US National […]

Alkaline phosphatase (ALP ALKP) (EC 3.1.3.1) is a hydrolase enzyme responsible for removing phosphate groups from many types of molecules including nucleotides proteins and alkaloids. The process of removing the […]

HMG-CoA reductase (or 3-hydroxy-3-methyl-glutaryl-CoA reductase or HMGCR) is the rate-controlling enzyme (EC 1.1.1.88& EC 1.1.1.34) of the mevalonate pathway the metabolic pathway that produces cholesterol and other isoprenoids. Normally in […]

Ribonucleotide reductase (RNR also known as ribonucleoside diphosphate reductase) is an enzyme that catalyzes the formation of deoxyribonucleotides from ribonucleotides. Deoxyribonucleotides in turn are used in the synthesis of DNA. […]

Creatine kinase (CK) also known as creatine phosphokinase (CPK) or phospho-creatine kinase (and sometimes incorrectly as creatinine kinase) is an enzyme (EC 2.7.3.2) expressed by various tissues and cell types. […]

Enoyl-CoA-(∆) isomerase also known as dodecenoyl-CoA-(∆) isomerase 32-trans-enoyl-CoA isomerase ∆3(cis)∆2(trans)-enoyl-CoA isomerase or acetylene-allene isomerase (EC 5.3.3.8) is an enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of cis-or trans-double bonds of fatty acids […]

Ghrelin /ˈɡrɛlɪn/ the hunger hormone is a hormone produced by ghrelin cells lining the stomach and intestine and epsilon cells in the pancreas. It stimulates the appetite when the stomach […]

Hsp90 (heat shock protein 90) is a chaperone protein that assists other proteins to fold properly stabilizes proteins against heat stress and aids in protein degradation. It also stabilizes a […]

Myostatin (also known as growth differentiation factor 8 abbreviated GDF-8) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MSTN gene. Myostatin is a secreted growth differentiation factor that […]

Elastin is a protein in connective tissue that is elastic and allows many tissues in the body to resume their shape after stretching or contracting. Elastin helps skin to return […]