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Matched Description: … Allose is an aldohexose sugar. It is a rare monosaccharide that can be used by E. coli as a carbon ... source. Allose is a C-3 epimer of glucose. It is soluble in water and practically insoluble in ... methanol. It is transported into E. coli by the D-allose periplasmic binding protein. It is a substrate for D-allose kinase. …

Matched Description: … N3-methylcytosine is a member of the chemical class known as Pyrimidones. These are compounds whose ... pyrimidine ring bears a ketone. 5-Methylcytosine is a methylated form of the DNA base cytosine ... that may be involved in the regulation of gene transcription. When cytosine is methylated, the DNA …

Matched Description: … Dehydroglycine is a member of the chemical class known as Alpha Amino Acids and Derivatives. These ... are amino acids in which the amino group is attached to the carbon atom immediately adjacent to the ... carboxylate group (alpha carbon).Dehydroglycine is catalyzed by ThiH. ThiH is a tyrosine lyase that …

Matched Description: … Uracil is a common naturally occurring pyrimidine found in RNA, it base pairs with adenine and is ... regulator and coenzyme for many important biochemical reactions. Uracil is also involved in the ... catabolism is regulated by the amount of metabolically available nitrogen. (PMID: 4567228) …

Matched Description: … Agmatine (also known as (4-aminobutyl)guanidine) is the decarboxylation product of the amino acid ... arginine and is an intermediate in polyamine biosynthesis. (Wikipedia) In E. coli arginine ... metabolism, agmatine is produced from arginine in a reaction catalyzed by arginine decarboxylase (4.1.1.19 …

Matched Description: … phosphate bond, and is involved in glycolysis and gluconeogenesis. In glycolysis, PEP is formed by the ... (PK) generates 1 molecule of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) via substrate-level phosphorylation. ATP is ... one of the major currencies of chemical energy within cells. In gluconeogenesis, PEP is formed from …

Matched Description: … Mannitol is also commonly used as a research tool in cell biological studies, usually to control ... osmolarity. Chemically, mannitol is an alcohol and a sugar, or a polyol; it is similar to xylitol or ... the solution to become acidic. For this, it is not uncommon to add a substance to adjust its pH …

Matched Description: … N-methyltryptophan is a member of the chemical class known as Alpha Amino Acids and Derivatives ... . These are amino acids in which the amino group is attached to the carbon atom immediately adjacent to ... the carboxylate group. N-Methyltryptophan is catabolized by MTOX. N-Methyltryptophan oxidase (MTOX …

Matched Description: … straight aliphatic chain. (inferred from compound structure)Caprylic acid is invovled in Biosynthesis of ... Fatty acid biosynthesis. (KEGG)Caprylic acid is the common name for the eight-carbon saturated fatty ... acid known by the systematic name octanoic acid. It is found naturally in the milk of various …

Matched Description: … Acetoacetic acid is a member of the chemical class known as Beta Keto-Acids and Derivatives. These ... . Acetoacetic acid (also called diacetic acid) is the organic compound with the formula CH3C(O)CH2CO2H ... . It is the simplest beta-keto acid group and like other members of this class is unstable. When …

Matched Description: … Arginine is an amino acid that is physiologically active in the L-form. Arginine can be considered ... to be a basic amino acid as the part of the side chain nearest to the backbone is long, carbon ... -containing and hydrophobic, whereas the end of the side chain is a complex guanidinium group. With a pKa …

Matched Description: … Glycerol 1-monostearate (GMS) is a member of the chemical class known as Monoacylglycerols. These ... ester linkage. It is an organic molecule used as an emulsifier. GMS is a colorless, odorless, and ... sweet-tasting flaky powder that is hygroscopic. It is a glycerol ester of stearic acid. GMS is a …

Matched Description: … A dialdehyde is an organic chemical compound with two aldehyde groups. The nomenclature of ... after the diacid from which they can de derived. An example is butanedial, which is also called ... hydrogen center absorbs near δ9, which is a distinctive part of the spectrum. This signal shows the …

Matched Description: … carboxylic acid. (inferred from compound structure)Hexanoic acid (caproic acid), is the carboxylic ... acid derived from hexane with the general formula C5H11COOH. It is a colorless oily liquid with an odor ... that is fatty, cheesy, waxy, and like that of goats or other barnyard animals. It is a fatty acid …

Matched Description: … Ubiquinone-5 is a member of the chemical class known as Polyprenylbenzoquinones. These are ... (Ubiquinone-8) and in humans it normally has 10. Ubiquinone-5 is a “failed” or incomplete version of ... polyprenyltransferase. Ubiquionone is involved in cellular respiration. It is fat-soluble and is therefore mobile …

Matched Description: … Ferroheme b or heme B (also known as protoheme IX) is the most abundant heme in nature. E. coli is ... haem is a prosthetic group that consists of an iron atom contained in the center of a large ... hemoproteins. Generally, heme B is attached to the surrounding protein matrix (known as the apoprotein …

Matched Description: … Glucose is a monosaccharide containing six carbon atoms and an aldehyde group and is therefore ... equilibrium and at pH 7 the cyclic one is the predominant. Glucose is a primary source of energy for ... living organisms. It is naturally occurring and is found in fruits and other parts of plants in its free state. …

Matched Description: … L-Proline is one of the twenty amino acids used in living organisms as the building blocks of ... proteins. Proline is sometimes called an imino acid, although the IUPAC definition of an imine requires a ... carbon-nitrogen double bond. Proline is a non-essential amino acid that is synthesized from …

Matched Description: … The cyanate ion is an anion consisting of one oxygen atom, one carbon atom, and one nitrogen atom ... nitrogen atom. In organic compounds the cyanate group is a functional group.; The cyanate ion is an ... of phenol with cyanogen chloride (ClCN) in the presence of a base. The cyanate ion is relatively non …

Matched Description: … 2-Deoxyglucose is a glucose molecule that has the 2-hydroxyl group replaced by hydrogen, so that it ... cannot undergo further glycolysis. It can be used as a glycolysis inhibitor. 2-deoxyglucose is ... taken up by E. coli and is phosphorylated to 2-deoxyglucose-6P. Glucosamine, mannose and 2-deoxyglucose …

Matched Description: … Alpha-D-Glucose is a primary source of energy for living organisms. It is naturally occurring and ... is found in fruits and other parts of plants in its free state. Alpha-D-Glucose is an intermediate in ... glycolysis/gluconeogenesis pathway where it is converted to beta-D-glucose via galactose-1 …

Matched Description: … Salicin 6-phosphate is a sugar phosphate, derived from salicin which is an alcoholic beta-glucoside ... .. It is generated when salicin is transported from the periplasmic space into the cytoplasm by the ... CelT protein The reaction is as follows: phosphoenolpyruvate + salicin[periplasmic space] ¡ú …

Matched Description: … Xylose or wood sugar is an aldopentose - a monosaccharide containing five carbon atoms and an ... aldehyde functional group. It has chemical formula C5H10O5 and is 40% as sweet as sucrose. Xylose is ... found in the embryos of most edible plants. The polysaccharide xylan, which is closely associated with …

Matched Description: … Spermine is a biogenic polyamine formed from spermidine. It is found in a wide variety of organisms ... and tissues and is an essential growth factor in some bacteria. It is found as a polycation at all ... pH values. Spermine is associated with nucleic acids, particularly in viruses, and is thought to stabilize the helical structure. …

Matched Description: … S-Methylmethionine is a derivative of methionine with the chemical formula [(CH3)3S(CH2)2CHNH3CO2 ... ]+. This cation is an intermediate in many biosynthetic pathways owing to the sulfonium functional ... group. The natural derivative S-methylmethionine is biosynthesized from L-methionine which is first …