Example sentences for: catalyzes

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  • Glutamate decarboxylase (GAD) catalyzes the formation of the inhibitory neurotransmitter γ-amino butyric acid (GABA) from glutamate.

  • HO-1 catalyzes the breakdown of prooxidant heme to biliverdin with release of carbon monoxide and iron ion.

  • CTP:phosphocholine cytidylyltransferase (Cct) catalyzes the conversion of phosphocholine to CDP-choline and is the rate-limiting enzyme in the phosphatidylcholine biosynthetic pathway [ 41].

  • We have also demonstrated that mesalamine (5-aminosalicylic acid), used as a frontline treatment for inflammatory bowel disease, could prevent apoptotic epithelial cell death in response to peroxynitrite [ 14 ] . Peroxynitrite is a potent oxidant; formed from two free radicals - nitric oxide and superoxide - that catalyzes the nitration of tyrosine residues.

  • These analogous steps in different pathways were originally used in formulating the recruitment hypothesis for evolutionary acquisition of new function [ 37], and it is interesting that the citramalate synthase gene shown in M. jannaschii had previously been annotated as α-isopropylmalate synthase (which catalyzes the initial step of leucine biosynthesis).


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