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Isozyme

Index Isozyme

In biochemistry, isozymes (also known as isoenzymes or more generally as multiple forms of enzymes) are enzymes that differ in amino acid sequence but catalyze the same chemical reaction. [1]

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  1. 60 relations: Acrylamide, Active site, Allele, Alloenzyme, Amino acid, Assay, Beta cell, Biochemistry, Chemical reaction, Clement Markert, Cofactor (biochemistry), Combination, Cytochrome P450, DNA, DNA sequencing, Douglas E. Soltis, Dye, Electric charge, Enzyme, Enzyme kinetics, Fitness (biology), Formazan, Gel electrophoresis, Gene, Gene duplication, Gene expression, Genetic drift, Glucokinase, Glucose 6-phosphate, Glycogen, Hexokinase, Homology (biology), Insulin, Lactate dehydrogenase, Liver, Locus (genetics), Mating system, Metabolism, Michaelis–Menten kinetics, Microsatellite, Molecular marker, Mutation, Natural selection, Neutral theory of molecular evolution, Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate, Nucleic acid hybridization, Pamela S. Soltis, Pancreas, Phosphodiesterase, ... Expand index (10 more) »

Acrylamide

Acrylamide (or acrylic amide) is an organic compound with the chemical formula CH2.

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Active site

In biology and biochemistry, the active site is the region of an enzyme where substrate molecules bind and undergo a chemical reaction. Isozyme and active site are enzymes.

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Allele

An allele, or allelomorph, is a variant of the sequence of nucleotides at a particular location, or locus, on a DNA molecule.

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Alloenzyme

Alloenzymes (or also called allozymes) are variant forms of an enzyme which differ structurally but not functionally from other allozymes coded for by different alleles at the same locus. Isozyme and Alloenzyme are enzymes.

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Amino acid

Amino acids are organic compounds that contain both amino and carboxylic acid functional groups.

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Assay

An assay is an investigative (analytic) procedure in laboratory medicine, mining, pharmacology, environmental biology and molecular biology for qualitatively assessing or quantitatively measuring the presence, amount, or functional activity of a target entity. Isozyme and assay are biochemistry.

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Beta cell

Beta cells (β-cells) are specialized endocrine cells located within the pancreatic islets of Langerhans responsible for the production and release of insulin and amylin.

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Biochemistry

Biochemistry or biological chemistry is the study of chemical processes within and relating to living organisms.

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Chemical reaction

A chemical reaction is a process that leads to the chemical transformation of one set of chemical substances to another.

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Clement Markert

Clement Lawrence Markert (April 11, 1917 – October 1, 1999) was an American biologist credited with the discovery of isozymes (different forms of enzymes that catalyze the same reaction).

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Cofactor (biochemistry)

A cofactor is a non-protein chemical compound or metallic ion that is required for an enzyme's role as a catalyst (a catalyst is a substance that increases the rate of a chemical reaction). Isozyme and cofactor (biochemistry) are enzymes.

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Combination

In mathematics, a combination is a selection of items from a set that has distinct members, such that the order of selection does not matter (unlike permutations).

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Cytochrome P450

Cytochromes P450 (P450s or CYPs) are a superfamily of enzymes containing heme as a cofactor that mostly, but not exclusively, function as monooxygenases.

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DNA

Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a polymer composed of two polynucleotide chains that coil around each other to form a double helix.

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DNA sequencing

DNA sequencing is the process of determining the nucleic acid sequence – the order of nucleotides in DNA.

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Douglas E. Soltis

Douglas Soltis is a Distinguished Professor in the Laboratory of Molecular Systematics & Evolutionary Genetics (Soltis lab), Florida Museum of Natural History, and Department of Biology at the University of Florida.

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Dye

A dye is a colored substance that chemically bonds to the substrate to which it is being applied.

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Electric charge

Electric charge (symbol q, sometimes Q) is the physical property of matter that causes it to experience a force when placed in an electromagnetic field.

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Enzyme

Enzymes are proteins that act as biological catalysts by accelerating chemical reactions. Isozyme and Enzyme are enzymes.

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Enzyme kinetics

Enzyme kinetics is the study of the rates of enzyme-catalysed chemical reactions. Isozyme and enzyme kinetics are enzymes.

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Fitness (biology)

Fitness (often denoted w or ω in population genetics models) is a quantitative representation of individual reproductive success.

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Formazan

The formazans are compounds of the general formula, formally derivatives of formazan, unknown in free form.

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Gel electrophoresis

Gel electrophoresis is a method for separation and analysis of biomacromolecules (DNA, RNA, proteins, etc.) and their fragments, based on their size and charge.

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Gene

In biology, the word gene has two meanings.

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Gene duplication

Gene duplication (or chromosomal duplication or gene amplification) is a major mechanism through which new genetic material is generated during molecular evolution.

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Gene expression

Gene expression is the process by which information from a gene is used in the synthesis of a functional gene product that enables it to produce end products, proteins or non-coding RNA, and ultimately affect a phenotype. Isozyme and gene expression are biochemistry.

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Genetic drift

Genetic drift, also known as random genetic drift, allelic drift or the Wright effect, refers to random fluctuations in the frequency of an existing gene variant (allele) in a population.

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Glucokinase

Glucokinase is an enzyme that facilitates phosphorylation of glucose to glucose-6-phosphate.

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Glucose 6-phosphate

Glucose 6-phosphate (G6P, sometimes called the Robison ester) is a glucose sugar phosphorylated at the hydroxy group on carbon 6.

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Glycogen

Glycogen is a multibranched polysaccharide of glucose that serves as a form of energy storage in animals, fungi, and bacteria.

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Hexokinase

A hexokinase is an enzyme that irreversibly phosphorylates hexoses (six-carbon sugars), forming hexose phosphate.

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Homology (biology)

In biology, homology is similarity due to shared ancestry between a pair of structures or genes in different taxa.

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Insulin

Insulin (from Latin insula, 'island') is a peptide hormone produced by beta cells of the pancreatic islets encoded in humans by the insulin (INS) gene.

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Lactate dehydrogenase

Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH or LD) is an enzyme found in nearly all living cells.

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Liver

The liver is a major metabolic organ exclusively found in vertebrate animals, which performs many essential biological functions such as detoxification of the organism, and the synthesis of proteins and various other biochemicals necessary for digestion and growth.

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Locus (genetics)

In genetics, a locus (loci) is a specific, fixed position on a chromosome where a particular gene or genetic marker is located.

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Mating system

A mating system is a way in which a group is structured in relation to sexual behaviour.

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Metabolism

Metabolism (from μεταβολή metabolē, "change") is the set of life-sustaining chemical reactions in organisms. Isozyme and Metabolism are biochemistry.

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Michaelis–Menten kinetics

In biochemistry, Michaelis–Menten kinetics, named after Leonor Michaelis and Maud Menten, is the simplest case of enzyme kinetics, applied to enzyme-catalysed reactions of one substrate and one product.

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Microsatellite

A microsatellite is a tract of repetitive DNA in which certain DNA motifs (ranging in length from one to six or more base pairs) are repeated, typically 5–50 times.

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Molecular marker

In molecular biology and other fields, a molecular marker is a molecule, sampled from some source, that gives information about its source.

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Mutation

In biology, a mutation is an alteration in the nucleic acid sequence of the genome of an organism, virus, or extrachromosomal DNA.

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Natural selection

Natural selection is the differential survival and reproduction of individuals due to differences in phenotype.

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Neutral theory of molecular evolution

The neutral theory of molecular evolution holds that most evolutionary changes occur at the molecular level, and most of the variation within and between species are due to random genetic drift of mutant alleles that are selectively neutral.

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Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide

Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) is a coenzyme central to metabolism.

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Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate

Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate, abbreviated NADP or, in older notation, TPN (triphosphopyridine nucleotide), is a cofactor used in anabolic reactions, such as the Calvin cycle and lipid and nucleic acid syntheses, which require NADPH as a reducing agent ('hydrogen source').

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Nucleic acid hybridization

In molecular biology, hybridization (or hybridisation) is a phenomenon in which single-stranded deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) or ribonucleic acid (RNA) molecules anneal to complementary DNA or RNA.

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Pamela S. Soltis

Pamela Soltis (born November 13, 1957) is an American botanist.

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Pancreas

The pancreas is an organ of the digestive system and endocrine system of vertebrates.

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Phosphodiesterase

A phosphodiesterase (PDE) is an enzyme that breaks a phosphodiester bond.

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Point mutation

A point mutation is a genetic mutation where a single nucleotide base is changed, inserted or deleted from a DNA or RNA sequence of an organism's genome.

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Polyploidy

Polyploidy is a condition in which the cells of an organism have more than one pair of (homologous) chromosomes.

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Population genetics

Population genetics is a subfield of genetics that deals with genetic differences within and among populations, and is a part of evolutionary biology.

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Potato starch

Potato starch is starch extracted from potatoes.

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Precipitation (chemistry)

In an aqueous solution, precipitation is the "sedimentation of a solid material (a precipitate) from a liquid solution".

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Pseudogene

Pseudogenes are nonfunctional segments of DNA that resemble functional genes.

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Redox

Redox (reduction–oxidation or oxidation–reduction) is a type of chemical reaction in which the oxidation states of the reactants change.

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Single-nucleotide polymorphism

In genetics and bioinformatics, a single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP; plural SNPs) is a germline substitution of a single nucleotide at a specific position in the genome.

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Steroid

A steroid is an organic compound with four fused rings (designated A, B, C, and D) arranged in a specific molecular configuration.

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Substrate (chemistry)

In chemistry, the term substrate is highly context-dependent.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isozyme

Also known as Isoenzymatic, Isoenzyme, Isoenzymes, Isozyme study, Isozymes.

, Point mutation, Polyploidy, Population genetics, Potato starch, Precipitation (chemistry), Pseudogene, Redox, Single-nucleotide polymorphism, Steroid, Substrate (chemistry).