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acetylcholine
  1. (biochemistry) A neurotransmitter in humans and other animals. It is an ester of acetic acid and choline with chemical formula CH3COOCH2CH2N+(CH3)3.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “So far, we have encountered only two patients who have HCM and vasospastic angina with total occlusion during the acetylcholine provocation test.”
      “The diagnosis is confirmed by the tensilon test, electromyographic studies and the finding of elevated acetylcholine receptor antibodies.”
      “Instead the acetylcholine accumulates and affects both voluntary an involuntary muscles.”
acetylcholinesterase
  1. (biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine into choline and acetic acid.
  2. Examples:
    1. “In the absence of acetylcholinesterase, levels of the transmitter acetylcholine increase.”
      “All nerve agents act by inhibiting the enzyme acetylcholinesterase, which breaks down the neurotransmitter acetylcholine.”
      “Sage oil inhibits an enzyme called acetylcholinesterase, whose normal job is to break down the chemical messenger acetylcholine.”
acetylmethionine
  1. (organic chemistry) The N-acetyl derivative of the amino acid methionine; it has been used as a bioavailable source of methionine in humans, and is known to reduce liver toxicity after acetaminophen overdose.
acetylaminopeptidase
  1. (biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the removal of acetylmethionine from the amino terminus of a protein (especially from an actin)
acetylator
  1. (biochemistry) A human being or other organism that can metabolize certain drugs by acetylating them (to a greater or lesser extent).
acetyllactosamine
  1. (biochemistry) Any acetyl derivative of lactosamine, but especially N-acetyllactosamine, a component of many biologically active oligosaccharides.
acetylhexosaminidase
  1. (biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of terminal acetylhexosamine residues of acetylhexosaminides
acetylation
  1. (chemistry) The reaction of a substance with acetic acid or one of its derivatives; the introduction of one or more acetyl groups into a substance
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  3. Examples:
    1. “In contrast, phase II metabolism, including acetylation, sulfonation, conjugation, and glucuronidation, is little changed with aging.”
      “Important mechanisms for epigenetic alteration of gene expression include DNA methylation and histone acetylation.”
      “Thus it not only had nucleosomes and histone acetylation and methylation, but was also sexual with meiosis and a bouquet stage.”
acetylisoquinoline
  1. (organic chemistry) An acetyl derivative of isoquinoline whose thiosemicarbazones are antimalarial agents
acetylserotonin
  1. (organic chemistry) The N-acetyl derivative of serotonin; it is an intermediate in the biosynthesis of melatonin from serotonin
  2. Synonyms:
acetylchitooligosaccharide
acetylsalicylate
  1. (organic chemistry) the acetyl derivative of salicylate; any salt or ester of acetylsalicylic acid
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acetyllysine
  1. (organic chemistry) Any of several isomeric acetyl derivatives of lysine; they are formed in protein as part of epigenetics
acetylhexosamine
  1. (organic chemistry) The N-acetyl derivative of hexosamine, polymeric forms of which are glycans of glycoproteins
acetylgalactosamine
  1. (organic chemistry) The N-acetyl derivative of galactosamine, which is a repeat unit in glycosaminoglycans.
acetylglucomannan
  1. (biochemistry) A heteropolysaccharide, the acetyl derivative of glucomannan, present in most plants
acetylthiocholine
  1. (organic chemistry) The acetyl derivative of thiocholine; it is used as a substrate in assays for cholinesterases.
acetyldigitoxin
  1. (organic chemistry) A class of cardiac glycoside, an acetyl derivative of digitoxin.
acetylmannosamine
  1. (biochemistry) The N-acetyl derivative of mannosamine; it is involved in the biosynthesis of sialic acid
acetyldigoxin
acetylajmaline
  1. (organic chemistry) The 17-O- acetyl derivative of ajmaline, reported to have antiarrhythmic activity.
acetylornithine
  1. (biochemistry) The N-acetyl derivative of ornithine; it is involved in the biosynthesis of glutamate
acetylgalactosaminyl
  1. (organic chemistry) The univalent radical derived from acetylgalactosamine.
acetylpyridine
  1. (organic chemistry) Any of three isomeric acetyl derivatives of pyridine; some of which are used as flavouring compounds
acetylmannosaminyltransferase
  1. (biochemistry) Any transferase whose substrate is a derivative of acetylmannosamine.
acetylhydrolase
  1. (biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolytic removal of an acetyl group
acetyl
  1. (organic chemistry) The univalent radical CH3CO- derived from acetic acid.
  2. Examples:
    1. “It's use to make the nerve transmitter chemical called acetyl choline that many of our nerves and our brain and our muscles use to send messages.”
      “The footnote also stated that Hoffmann had arranged for several chemical derivatives of salicylic acid to be examined, not just its acetyl ester.”
      “An acetyl group was attached to residue 22 to mimic the preceding peptide bond and the C-terminal carboxylate was protonated.”
acetylcysteine
  1. (organic chemistry) The N-acetyl derivative of cysteine; it is a mucolytic agent
acetylome
  1. (biochemistry) The complete set of protein acetylations of an organism
acetylglucosaminyl
  1. (organic chemistry) Any acetyl derivative of a glucosaminyl radical
acetylmuramoyl
  1. (organic chemistry) The N-acetyl derivative of the muramoyl radical
acetylpolyamine
  1. (biochemistry) The n-acetyl derivative of a polyamine
acetylkaempferol
  1. (organic chemistry) Any acetyl derivative of kaempferol
acetylspermidine
  1. (biochemistry) An acetyl derivative of spermidine
acetylspermine
  1. (biochemistry) An acetyl derivative of spermine
acetyltransfer
  1. (organic chemistry) The transfer of an acetyl group
acetylchitooligosaccharides
acetylcholinesterases
acetylgalactosaminyls
acetylhexosaminidases
acetylgalactosamines
acetylisoquinolines
  1. plural of acetylisoquinoline
acetyllactosamines
  1. plural of acetyllactosamine
acetylspermidines
  1. plural of acetylspermidine
acetylsalicylates
acetyldigitoxins
  1. plural of acetyldigitoxin
acetylhydrolases
  1. plural of acetylhydrolase
acetylpolyamines
  1. plural of acetylpolyamine
acetylpyridines
  1. plural of acetylpyridine
acetylcholines
acetyldigoxins
  1. plural of acetyldigoxin
acetyllysines
  1. plural of acetyllysine
acetylations
acetylators
  1. plural of acetylator
acetylomes
  1. plural of acetylome
acetyls
  1. plural of acetyl
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