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  • noun Plural form of thioester.

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Examples

  • Others suggest that the asparagus smell is created by other chemical compounds called thioesters.

    Documenting Reality Barky 2010

  • Ketone bodies are generated by fatty acid beta-oxidation, a process involving a mitochondrial oxido-reductase superfamily, with fatty acid-CoA thioesters as substrates.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles 2010

  • An efficient method was developed for the production of disulfide bond containing proteins with C-terminal thioesters.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles 2008

  • [11] and catalyze the activation of various fatty acids by converting them into fatty acyl-CoA thioesters

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Garima Khare et al. 2009

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