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syn·thase

 (sĭn′thās′, -thāz′)
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synthase

(ˈsɪnθeɪz)
n
an enzyme that catalyses a process of synthesis
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Expression of prostaglandin synthases (pgds and pges) during zebrafish gonadal differentiation.
The topics include principles of protein stability and their application in computational design, understanding and improving the activity of flavin-dependent halogenases via random and targeted mutagenesis, the structural enzymology of iterative aromatic polyketide synthases: a critical comparison with fatty acid synthases, the oxysterol-binding protein cycle: burning off PI(4)P to transport cholesterol, biological insight from super-resolution microscopy: what localization-based images can reveal, and ancient biomolecules and evolutionary inference.
latifolia encodes 2 1,3-[beta]-glucan synthases and 8 [beta]-glucan biosynthesis-associated proteins containing an SKN1 domain (PF03935).
A strength is that the children were followed up prospectively without dropout, and the findings of our study were consistent with several experimental investigations that have evaluated the role of different NOS synthases in the pathogenesis of neuronal injury.
(3,4) Finally, in the third step, the COX metabolite [PGH.sub.2] is converted to each prostanoid by specific PG terminal synthases. (4,5)
These microorganisms are mainly divided into four classes (I, II, III, and IV) based on the type of PHA synthases, which are the key enzymes for PHA biosynthesis [18].
Structural basis for the design of potent and species-specific inhibitors of 3-hydroxy-3- methylglutaryl CoA synthases. Proc.
Renal nitric oxide synthases in transgenic sickle cell mice.