Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Formation of a chemical compound by a living organism.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun production of a chemical compound by a living organism.
- noun the production of chemical substances by use of reagents or enzymes derived from living organisms, in reactions modeled on those observed in living organisms.
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- noun biochemistry The
synthesis oforganic compounds within aliving organism , especially the synthesis of largecompounds from small ones.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun production of a chemical compound by a living organism
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Examples
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In amino acid production, we encounter an important problem in biosynthesis — namely, stereochemical control.
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"For her structural studies of the protein biosynthesis system and its disruption by antibiotics."
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"For her structural studies of the protein biosynthesis system and its disruption by antibiotics."
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They were teaching very modern things such as protein biosynthesis and DNA replication.
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It became clear that the polysaccharide biosynthesis is not a reversal of the biological breakdown, as had doubtfully been assumed earlier.
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In the presence of this enzyme the rate of renaturation approaches that sufficient to account for folding of newly completed polypeptide chains during protein biosynthesis.
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Although these particular ligands do not affect the enzyme's activity, the researchers plan to modify the ligands so they can inhibit phenazine biosynthesis, which is associated with bacterial virulence and infectious disease.
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"It also seems particularly important in lipid biosynthesis, which is relevant not only to certain skin diseases but also wrinkling and premature skin aging."
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Aspirin’s effect is largely due to its capacity to inhibit prostaglandin biosynthesis.
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Urease activity which was shown to be critical for M. tuberculosis survival in phagosome is dependent on Nickel, while Vitamin B12 biosynthesis which is a Cobalt dependent process is important for
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