transketolase

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transketolase [¦tranz′kēd·ə‚lās]

(biochemistry)

An enzyme that cleaves a substrate at the position of the carbonyl carbon and transports a two-carbon fragment to an acceptor compound to form a new compound.

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No references found			Benfotiamine also activates a key enzyme called transketolase, which renders these triosephosphates harmless, thus inhibiting the damaging action of glycation. Guard your precious proteins against premature aging by Joyal, Steven / Life Extension Measuring erythrocyte thiamine transketolase before and after the addition of thiamine pyrophosphate will detect a deficiency in thiamine. Wernicke encephalopathy complicating lymphoma therapy: case report ... by Boniol, Scott; Boyd, Molly; Koreth, Rachel; Burton, Gary V. / Southern Medical Journal A diagnosis of thiamine deficiency can be supported by decreased levels of erythrocyte transketolase, but it's important not to wait for lab results. Administer thiamine at first hint of Wernicke's. (Before Giving ... by Finn, Robert / Clinical Psychiatry News			Transition radiation detectors transition region transition state transition temperature transition time transition to chaos transition zone transitional epithelium transitional fit transitional flow transitional style Transitional Zone transitive transitive closure transitive group transitive law transitive relation transitive trust Transitiveness Transitivity transitory target transitron Transitron Oscillator Transjordan Transkei transketolase translate translating bridge translating circuit translating roller Translation translation algorithm translation gliding translation group translation layer Translation Look-aside Buffer translation operation translation surface Translation, Literary translational energy translational fault Translational Motion translational movement translator translator routine translatory fault Transleithania Transliatsiia TransLISP PLUS transliterate Transliteration			Transitus Beatae Mariae Virginis Transitus Mariae Transjordan Transjordan Transjordania Transjordania Transjordanian Transjordanian transjugular access set transjugular cholangiography transjugular cholangiography transjugular cholangiography Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunts Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Stent Shunt transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic stent-shunt Transjugular Liver Graft Biopsy Transjurane Burgundy Transjurane Burgundy Transkei Transkei Transkei National Independence Party Transkei Silicosis Transkei, Bophuthatswana, Venda and Ciskei Transkei, Venda, Bophuthatswana & Ciskei Transkeian Transkeian transketolase Transketolase-Like Transketolase-Related Gene transketolation TRANSL Translaminar Facet Screw Translaminar Facet Screw Fixation translatability translatability translatability translatability translatability translatable translatable translatable translatable translatable translate translate translate translate translate translate translate translate incorrectly translate into translate into translate into translate into translate into action translate orally

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