key enzyme

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key
adjective
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/kiː/us
/kiː/
very important and having a lot of influence on other people ...
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enzyme
noun[C]
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/ˈen.zaɪm/us
/ˈen.zaɪm/
any of a group of chemical substances that are produced by living cells and cause particular chemical reactions to happen while not being ...
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(Definition ofkeyandenzymefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The activity $ of pyruvate :ferredoxin oxidoreductase, thekeyenzymeof this pathway, is strictly dependent on redox cycling of ferredoxin.
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Tannase is akeyenzymein the degradation of gallotannins, a type of hydrolysable tannins.
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Thekeyenzymeinvolved in this reaction, hydroxylamine oxidoreductase, is located in an organelle-like structure called the anammoxosome.
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Thekeyenzymein melanin synthesis is tyrosinase.
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Further work on nucleotide metabolism allowed him to identify nucleoside phosphorylase, akeyenzymein nucleotide salvage pathways.
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Research literature suggests that over-activity of glycogen synthase, thekeyenzymein synthesizing glycogen, can lead to the formation of polyglucosans.
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Dihydropicolinate synthase is thekeyenzymein lysine biosynthesis via the diaminopimelate pathway of prokaryotes, some phycomycetes, and higher plants.
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It has both 17alpha-hydroxylase and 17,20-lyase activities, and is akeyenzymein the steroidogenic pathway that produces progestins, mineralocorticoids, glucocorticoids, androgens, and estrogens.
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This cyclase enzyme has been identified as akeyenzymein forming the carbon skeleton of pseudopterosins in one step.
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Monoacylglycerol lipase is akeyenzymein the hydrolysis of the endocannabinoid 2-arachidonoylglycerol.
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Raffinose synthase is thekeyenzymethat channels sucrose into the raffinose oligosaccharide pathway.
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The present study is the first investigation of inherited maternal encoding transcripts of the key enzymes of glucose metabolism and their storage during human oocyte maturation.
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During growth on methanol key enzymes of the methanol metabolism are present in high amounts.
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Key enzymes that synthesize certain amino acids are not present in animals such as aspartokinase, which catalyzes the first step in the synthesis of lysine, methionine, and threonine from aspartate.
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As a result, the movement of precursors/products through a metabolic network is governed by simple chemical equilibria, with specific key enzymes that are subject to regulation.
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Sugen developed small-molecule inhibitors of protein kinases, key enzymes in signal transduction and cellular decision-making.
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