Textbook-Of-Biochemistry

,Textbook of Biochemistry with Clinical Correlations
Fourth Edition

,Abberviations in Biochemistry

A (or Ade) adenine

ACP acyl carrier protein

ACTH adrenocorticotropic hormone

acyl coA acyl derivative of CoA

ADH antidiuretic hormone

AdoMet adenosylmethionine

Ala alanine

ALA aminolevulinic acid

AMP adenosine monophosphate

cAMP cyclic AMP

Arg arginine

Asn asparagine

Asp aspartate

ATP adenosine triphosphate

ATPase adenosine triphosphatase

BMR basal metabolic rate

BPG D­2,3 hisphosphoglycerate

C (or Cyt) cytosine

CDP cytidine diphosphate

CMP cytidine monophosphate

CTP cytidine triphosphate

CoA or CoASH coenzyme A

CoQ coenzyme Q (ubiquinone)

cyclic AMP adenosine 3 ,5 ­cyclic monophosphate

cyclic GMP xuanosine 3 ,5 ­cyclic monophosphate

Cys cysteine

d 2 ­deoxyriho

DNA deoxyribonucleic acid

cDNA complementary DNA

dopa 3,4­dihydroxyphenylalanine

EcoR1 EcoR1 restriction endonuclease

FAD flavin adenine dinucleotide (oxidized form)

FADH2 flavin adenine dinucleotide (reduced form)

fMet formylmethionine

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Textbook of Biochemistry with Clinical Correlations:
Fourth Edition
Edited by
Thomas M. Devlin, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus
Department of Biochemistry
MCP∙Hahnemann School of Medicine
Allegheny University of the Health Sciences
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania