In organic chemistry, an epoxide is a cyclic ether, where the ether forms a three-atom ring: two atoms of carbon and one atom of oxygen. This triangular...
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Epoxide hydrolases (EHs), also known as epoxide hydratases, are enzymes that metabolize compounds that contain an epoxide residue; they convert this residue...
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Epoxy (redirect from Epoxide Resins)
polymers which contain epoxide groups. The epoxide functional group is also collectively called epoxy. The IUPAC name for an epoxide group is an oxirane...
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Epoxide hydrase may refer to: Microsomal epoxide hydrolase Soluble epoxide hydrolase Epoxide hydrolase This set index page lists enzyme articles associated...
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Benzo(a)pyrene (redirect from Benzopyrene diol epoxide)
of the benzopyrenes, formed by a benzene ring fused to pyrene. Its diol epoxide metabolites, more commonly known as BPDE, react with and bind to DNA, resulting...
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Diepoxybutane (category Epoxides)
4-diepoxybutane) is an epoxide which is a colorless liquid at room temperature. It is therefore highly reactive, more than other ethers. An epoxide is a cyclic ether...
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Soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH) is a bifunctional enzyme that in humans is encoded by the EPHX2 gene. sEH is a member of the epoxide hydrolase family....
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Aflatoxin B1 exo-8,9-epoxide is a toxic metabolite of aflatoxin B1. It's formed by the action of cytochrome P450 enzymes in the liver. In the liver, aflatoxin...
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The enzyme fucosterol-epoxide lyase (EC 4.1.2.33) catalyzes the chemical reaction (24R,24′R)-fucosterol epoxide ⇌ {\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons }...
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Vitamin K epoxide reductase (VKOR) is an enzyme (EC 1.17.4.4) that reduces vitamin K after it has been oxidised in the carboxylation of glutamic acid...
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