Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A divalent diacyl radical, CH2.(CO)2, from malonic acid.
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- noun organic chemistry, especially in combination The
divalent radical CH2(COO-)2 derived frommalonic acid
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Examples
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Anthocyanins are formed from chemical raw materials in the plant, using the amino acid phenylalanine, or another chemical called malonyl coenzyme A.
xml's Blinklist.com 2008
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M. Daniel Lane and colleagues have now focussed on the role of malonyl-CoA in the signalling system in the brain (specifically the hypothalamus) that has inputs into the higher brain centres that determine feeding behaviour, most notably appetite.
Medindia Health News 2009
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Fatty acid synthase (FASN), a multifunctional enzyme that is essential for the endogenous synthesis of long-chain fatty acids from its precursors acetyl-CoA and malonyl-CoA
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Venkata Sabbisetti et al. 2009
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FASN is a key enzyme that synthesizes long-chain fatty acids from acetyl-CoA and malonyl-CoA and is essential for embryonic development.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Venkata Sabbisetti et al. 2009
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For FA oxidation to occur, the level of malonyl-CoA, which negatively regulates acyl-CoA transfer to carnitine during transit to the mitochondria, must fall; this is probably accomplished by activation of malonyl-CoA decarboxylase (MCD).
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Two papers published in PNAS in 2007 and 2008 showed that glucose and fructose signal in the brain through the malonyl-CoA signaling pathway and have inverse effects on food intake.
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In the second step of elongation, butyryl ACP condenses with malonyl ACP to form an acyl ACP compound.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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Both of these sugars signal in the brain through the malonyl-CoA signaling pathway and have inverse effects on food intake.
Medindia Health News 2009
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Two papers published in PNAS in 2007 and 2008 showed that glucose and fructose signal in the brain through the malonyl-CoA signaling pathway and have inverse effects on food intake.
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Both of these sugars signal in the brain through the malonyl-CoA signaling pathway and have inverse effects on food intake.
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