beauvericin synthetase (medicine) and chain(1) (iou)

beauvericin synthetase (medicine)

beauvericin synthetase
<enzyme> Multifunctional enzyme catalyzing dipeptide formation in beauveria bassiana

Registry number: EC 6.3.2.-

chain(1) (iou)

chain noun. ME.

A series of links (usu. metal) passing through each Other, or otherwise jointed together, so as to form a strong but flexible means of connection. (Of various kinds for particular purposes etc., identified contextually or specified.) ME.
albert chain, bicycle-chain, daisy-chain, guard-chain, night chain, paper chain, safety-chain, tyre-chain, etc. drag the chain: see DRAG verb 1.
(A chain as) a bond or fetter; in pl., fetters, bonds, confinement, captivity. ME.
ball and chain: see BALL noun1 3.
Milton To bottomless perdition, there to dwell In Adamantine Chains and penal Fire. P. Henry Is life so dear..as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery?
b. fig. A thing which prevents freedom of action. LME.
Hazlitt The chain of habit.
(A chain as) a barrier obstructing the entrance to a street, harbour, etc. ME.
A personal ornament in the form of a chain worn around the neck; such a chain worn as a badge of office. ME.
fig. A connected series, a sequence, a set, (of material or immaterial things). LME.
Food-chain etc. MARKOV chain.
C. M. Yonge I tried to get them to form a chain and drench the warehouses. E. Mannin How far back could you go in the chain of causality?
b. spec. A sequence of geographical features (as mountains, lakes, etc.) disposed in a linear series with actual or imagined connections. L17.
c. A figure in a quadrille. M19.
d. A group of associated shops, hotels, newspapers, etc. Orig. US. M19.
e. Computing. A set of files, data, program instructions, etc., related by chaining. M20.
A measuring-line in land-surveying, consisting of one hundred jointed metal rods. E17.
b. A length equal to this (66 feet, approx. 20.12 m.). M17.
Nautical. = chain-plate below. In pl. also, a small platform on either side of a ship from which the leadsman heaves the lead when sounding. E17.
The warp in weaving. E18.
Hist. In full chain-shot. Two half or whole cannon-balls joined by a chain, for cutting masts etc. E19.
A chain for fastening a door to its jamb as a Security device. M19.
Chemistry. A number of similar atoms, usu. carbon, joined in series in a molecule. L19.
long chain, open chain, etc.
Comb.: chain-armour: made of interlaced rings; chain bridge a suspension bridge on chains; chain drive: with transmission by endless chains; chain-gang: of convicts, chained together, or forced to work in chains; chain-gear: transmitting motion by an endless chain; chain-letter: of which the recipient is asked to make copies to be sent to a (named) number of others (those being asked to do the like); chain-link adjective made of wire in a diamond-shaped mesh; chain-mail = chain-armour above; chain-plate Nautical a strong link or plate on a ship's side, to which the shrouds are secured; chain printer a line printer in which the printing types are carried on a moving endless chain; chain-pump: to raise water, with a series of buckets etc. usu. passing through a tube on an endless chain; chain reaction a series of chemical or nuclear reactions each initiated by a product of the previous reaction; fig. a series of events each due to the previous one; chain-saw: with teeth on an endless chain; chain-shot: see sense 9 above; chain-smoke verb trans. & intrans. smoke (cigarettes etc.) continuously, esp. by lighting the next cigarette etc. from the one last smoked; chain-smoker a person who chain-smokes; chain snake a king-snake with chainlike markings; chain-stitch an ornamental crochet or embroidery stitch like a chain (Magic chain-stitch: see Magic adjective 3); chain store any of a series of shops owned by one firm and selling the same type of goods; chain-wale = CHANNEL noun2; chain-wheel: transmitting power by a chain fitted to its edges; chain-work (a) chainlike ornamental work in sculpture etc.; (b) interlinked metal rings in a network; (c) a texture formed by knitting with a single thread.
chainless adjective E19.
chainlet noun a little chain E19.
chainlike adjective resembling a chain in appearance or structure L18.

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