See Also: monoacylglycerol(medicine)
monoacylglycerol lipases(medicine)

Palsgrave (iou) and monoacylglycerol (medicine)


Palsgrave (iou)



Palsgrave noun. Also Palgrave. M16.
[Early Dutch paltsgrave (mod. paltsgraaf), from palts palatinate + grave, graaf count, GRAVE noun2.]
Hist. A Count Palatine; spec. the Count Palatine of the Rhine.
Palsgravine noun a Countess Palatine M19.

monoacylglycerol (medicine)


monoacylglycerol
<biochemistry> Glycerol with an acyl moiety esterified to position 1 (i.e., 1-monoacylglycerol) or position 2 (i.e., 2-monoacylglycerol); an intermediate in the degradation and synthesis of lipids; 2 monoacylglycerols are a major end product of triacylglycerol degradation.

Monoacylglycerol acyltransferase, an intestinal enzyme that catalyses the reaction of 2-monoacylglycerol and acyl-CoA to form coenzyme A and 1,2-diacylglycerol.

Monoacylglycerol lipase, an enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of monoacylglycerol to produce a fatty acid anion and glycerol; a part of lipid degradation.