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folic acid
(Encyclopedia)folic acid: see coenzyme; vitamin. ...nicotinic acid
(Encyclopedia)nicotinic acid: see coenzyme; vitamin. ...thiamine pyrophosphate
(Encyclopedia)thiamine pyrophosphate: see coenzyme; vitamin. ...pantothenic acid
(Encyclopedia)pantothenic acid pănˈtəthĕnˈĭk [key]: see coenzyme; vitamin. ...pyridoxal phosphate
(Encyclopedia)pyridoxal phosphate pĭrˌĭdŏksˈəl [key]: see coenzyme; vitamin. ...Lipmann, Fritz Albert
(Encyclopedia)Lipmann, Fritz Albert, 1899–1986, American biochemist, b. Germany, grad. Univ. of Berlin (M.D., 1922; Ph.D., 1927). He emigrated to the United States in 1939 and became a citizen in 1944. In 1941 he...phosphorylation
(Encyclopedia)phosphorylation, chemical process in which a phosphate group is added to an organic molecule. In living cells phosphorylation is associated with respiration, which takes place in the cell's mitochondr...cytochrome
(Encyclopedia)cytochrome sīˈtəkrōmˌ [key], protein containing heme (see coenzyme) that participates in the phase of biochemical respiration called oxidative phosphorylation. Cytochromes act as carriers of hydr...cytosine
(Encyclopedia)cytosine sīˈtōsēnˌ [key], organic base of the pyrimidine family. It was isolated from the nucleic acid of calf thymus tissue in 1894. A suggested structure for cytosine, published in 1903, was co...glycine
(Encyclopedia)CE5 glycine glīˈsēn [key], organic compound, one of the 20 amino acids commonly found in animal proteins. Glycine is the only one of these amino acids that is not optically active, i.e., it does...Browse by Subject
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