adenylate, n. Biochem.
(əˈdɛnɪleɪt)
[f. adenyl n. + -ate1.]
1. A salt of adenylic acid.
| 1937 Jrnl. Biol. Chem. CXXI. 153 The white, powdery material..had the following composition, agreeing fairly well with that for barium adenylate. 1976 Ann. Rev. Microbiol. XXX. 8 The five- and three-prime adenylate was readily deaminated by the enzyme. 1984 J. F. Lamb et al. Essent. Physiol. (ed. 2) iii. 56 (caption) A practically irreversible reaction catalysed by adenylate deaminase. |
2. Special Comb. adenylate cyclase, an enzyme that catalyses the formation of cyclic AMP from ATP.
| 1969 Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. LXIV. 113 The depolarizing effect of norepinephrine is interpreted as being at least partially associated with biochemical events terminating in the activation of adenylate cyclase. 1989 B. Alberts et al. Molecular Biol. Cell (ed. 2) xii. 696 At least four hormones activate adenylate cyclase in fat cells, and all of them stimulate the breakdown of triglyceride (the storage form of fat) to fatty acids. |