BACTERIOPROTEIN
\baktˈi͡əɹɪˌɒpɹə͡ʊtˌiːn], \baktˈiəɹɪˌɒpɹəʊtˌiːn], \b_a_k_t_ˈiə_ɹ_ɪ__ˌɒ_p_ɹ_əʊ_t_ˌiː_n]\
Definitions of BACTERIOPROTEIN
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By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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The protein found as a constituent of bacteria, which often produces various symptoms and tissue changes characteristic of the particular bacterial infection, as tuberculin, from the Bacillus tuberculosis. The endotoxins of the pyogenic bacteria and the typhoid bacillus are also of this description.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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Dopamine Acetyltransferase
- An enzyme that catalyzes the of groups from acetyl-CoA to arylamines. They have wide specificity for aromatic amines, particularly serotonin, and can also catalyze acetyl transfer between arylamines without CoA. EC 2.3.1.5.