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spiramycin I 3-hydroxyl acylase (medicine) and metope (medicine)


spiramycin I 3-hydroxyl acylase (medicine)


spiramycin I 3-hydroxyl acylase
<enzyme> Streptomyces ambofaciens enzyme prep able to acylate hydroxyl group at c-3 of lactone; no preference between acetyl-CoA and propionyl-CoA

Registry number: EC 2.3.1.-

Synonym: propionyl acylase


metope (medicine)


metope


1. The space between two triglyphs of the Doric frieze, which, among the ancients, was often adorned with carved work.

2. <zoology> The face of a crab.

In the Parthenon, groups of centaurs and heroes in high relief occupy the metopes.

Origin: NL, fr. Gr.; with, between + opening, hole, the hole in the frieze between the beam ends.

Source: Websters Dictionary