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glycosylation

Post-transcriptional modification of a protein by the addition of a carbohydrate moiety. (see also N-linked carbohydrate; O-linked carbohydrate)

glyoxylate cycle (Krebs-Kornberg cycle)

A series of metabolic reactions in plants and bacteria, the net result of which is production of a 4-carbon compound from two 2-carbon compounds. The unique reactions are catalysed by malate synthase and isocitrate lyase.

glypiated

Descriptive of a glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored protein, i.e. one that is associated with a cell membrane through an attached GPI group. An alternative term is piglylated, from phosphatidylinositol glycan (PIG). Dotti, C.G., Parton, R.G. and Simons, K. (1991) Nature (London) 349, 155-161

ground state

The unexcited electronic state. (see also singlet state; triplet state)

group transfer hydration

(see entropy effect)

H+:ATP ratio

(see P:O ratio)

H+:O ratio

(see P:O ratio)

HAT medium

(= hypoxanthine/aminopterin/thymidine (HAT) medium)

Hatch-Slack pathway

(= C4 photosynthesis (C4 cycle; Hatch-Slack pathway))

Henderson-Hasselbalch equation

A logarithmic form of the equation for the dissociation of a weak acid: pH= pKa+log[salt form]/[acid form].

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