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- noun chemistry (
biochemistry ) Anyheterocycle containing aperoxide -O-O- residue in the ring; found especially in certain intermediates inprostaglandin biosynthesis .
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Examples
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It does this by irreversibly blocking the enzyme cyclooxygenase (COX), which catalyzes the conversion of arachidonic acid to endoperoxide compounds.
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Prostaglandin endoperoxide H synthases (PGHSs) 1 and 2, also known as cyclooxygenases (COXs), catalyze the oxygenation of arachidonic acid (AA) in the committed step in prostaglandin
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Variants of two genes were associated with increased risk of kidney cancer: nitric oxide synthase 2A (NOS2A), which increases levels of nitric oxide, a chemical that promotes free radical damage to cells; and prostaglandin-endoperoxide 2 (PTGS2), which produces prostaglandins, compounds that cause inflammation.
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The uterine infection caused a massive (~90-fold) upregulation of the prostaglandin-endoperoxide synthase 2/cyclooxygenase-2 gene (PTGS2) (
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Ragnvi Hagman et al. 2009
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