yellow enzyme — noun : any of several yellow flavoprotein respiratory enzymes widely distributed in nature: as a. : a crystallizable enzyme obtained from yeast and constituted of a complex of riboflavin phosphate and a protein called also old yellow enzyme,… … Useful english dictionary
Enzyme, Warburg's yellow — A key respiratory enzyme discovered by the German biochemist Otto Heinrich Warburg (1883 1970), a pioneer in research on the respiration of cells and the metabolism of tumors. Warburg s yellow enzyme is a flavoprotein that catalyzes an oxidation… … Medical dictionary
Warburg's yellow enzyme — A key respiratory enzyme discovered by the German biochemist Otto Heinrich Warburg (1883 1970), a pioneer in research on the respiration of cells and the metabolism of tumors. Warburg s yellow enzyme is a flavoprotein that catalyzes an oxidation… … Medical dictionary
warburg's yellow enzyme — noun Usage: usually capitalized W Etymology: after Otto Warburg died 1970 : yellow enzyme a … Useful english dictionary
Warburg's yellow enzyme — noun see yellow enzyme … Useful english dictionary
Enzyme — A protein (or protein based molecule) that speeds up a chemical reaction in a living organism. An enzyme acts as catalyst for specific chemical reactions, convertingt a specific set of reactants (called substrates) into specific products. Without … Medical dictionary
Yellow enzymes — A group of respiratory enzymes that catalyze reactions in the body permitting cells to respire, to breath. These biochemical reactions are termed oxidation reduction reactions. The first yellow enzyme was discovered by the German biochemist Otto… … Medical dictionary
Warburg — Otto H., German biochemist and Nobel laureate, 1883–1970. See W. apparatus, W. respiratory enzyme, W. old yellow enzyme, W. theory, W. Lipmann Dickens Horecker shunt, Barcroft W. apparatus, Barcroft W. technique … Medical dictionary
Warburg , Otto Heinrich — (1883–1970) German physiologist Warburg, who was born at Freiburg im Breisgau in Germany, was the son of Emil Warburg, a distinguished professor of physics at Berlin. Otto was educated at the University of Berlin, where he obtained his PhD in… … Scientists
Enzymes, yellow — A group of respiratory enzymes that catalyze reactions in the body permitting cells to respire or breathe. These biochemical reactions are termed oxidation reduction reactions. The first yellow enzyme was discovered by the German biochemist Otto… … Medical dictionary
