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- noun biochemistry Any
enzyme thatcatalyzes thesynthesis of abiological compound but, unlikesynthetases , does not make use ofATP as a source ofenergy
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Boyer proposed that ATP synthase is like a cylinder with alternating alpha and beta subunits.
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ATP synthase is found in chloroplast and mitochondrial membranes and in the cytoplasmic membrane of bacteria.
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F1 part of the ATP synthase is determined by Walker and co-workers.
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Bealer JF, Natuzzi ES, Buscher C, Ursell PC, Flake AW, Adzick NS, Harrison MR: Nitric oxide synthase is deficient in the aganglionic colon of patients with Hirschsprung's disease.
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1937 - Herman Kalckar (Denmark) establishes that ATP synthase is linked with cell respiration.
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Remington, Wiegand) and recently of a very large multienzyme complex, heavy riboflavin synthase (with Ladenstein).
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By 1997, a supercomputer with hundreds of gigaflops could simulate the 36,000 atoms in an estrogen receptor, and by 2003, a teraflops-class super could model the 327,000 atoms in the F1 portion of ATP synthase, which is cool because it is a molecular rotor powered by proton gradients inside the cell.
The Register 2010
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Roundup works by inhibiting an enzyme called EPSP synthase, which is necessary for plants to grow.
Signs of the Times 2009
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DuPont's Optimum GAT seeds are genetically modified to grow into soybean plants able to survive exposure to glyphosate-based weedkiller as well as another herbicide called acetolate synthase.
DuPont Delays Seed in Soybean Spat Scott Kilman 2011
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DuPont's Optimum GAT seeds are genetically modified to grow into soybean plants able to survive exposure to glyphosate-based weedkiller as well as another herbicide called acetolate synthase.
DuPont Delays Seed in Soybean Spat Scott Kilman 2011
dhuber commented on the word synthase
An enzyme that catalyzes a reaction that puts one or more components together to form a new compound.
September 25, 2008