See Also: isozyme(medicine)
isozyme(dictionary)

indomethacin (iou) and isozyme (medicine)


indomethacin (iou)



indomethacin noun. M20.
[from INDO(LE + METH(YL + AC(ETIC, elems. of the systematic name + -IN1.]
Pharmacology. A yellowish-white powdery indole derivative, C19H16NO4Cl, which has anti-inflammatory, anti-pyretic, and analgesic properties and is used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, gout, etc.

isozyme (medicine)


isozyme -->
isoenzyme
<biochemistry> Variants of enzymes that catalyse the same reaction, but owing to differences in amino acid sequence can be distinguished by techniques such as electrophoresis or isoelectric focusing.

Different tissues often have different isoenzymes. The sequence differences generally confer different enzyme kinetic parameters that can sometimes be interpreted as fine tuning to the specific requirements of the cell types in which a particular isoenzyme is found.