thioester

thioester
Any of several classes of organic compound in which one or both oxygen atoms of an ester group are replaced by those of sulfur

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  • Thioester — Thioesters are compounds resulting from the bonding of sulfur with an acyl group with the general formula R S CO R . They are the product of esterification between a carboxylic acid and a thiol (as opposed to an alcohol in regular esters).In… …   Wikipedia

  • Thioester — Structure générale d un thioester Les thioesters sont des composés résultant de la condensation d un sulfure avec un groupement acyle. La formule générale d un thioester est R (C=O) S R . Ils sont le produit de l esterification d un acide… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Thioester — Unter Thioester (auch Thiolester) versteht man in der organischen Chemie zwei Gruppen isomerer Verbindungen, bei denen ein Sauerstoffatom der Ester Gruppe durch Schwefel ersetzt ist. Da die Ester Gruppe zwei Sauerstoffatome enthält, ergeben sich… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • thioester — Compounds of the type. R CO S R . See coenzyme A, palmitoylation …   Dictionary of molecular biology

  • thioester — An acylated thiol; RCOSR′; E.G., acetyl CoA. SYN: acylmercaptan. * * * thio·es·ter .thī ō es tər n an ester formed by uniting a carboxyl group of one compound (as acetic acid) with a sulfhydryl group of another (as coenzyme A) * * * thio·es·ter… …   Medical dictionary

  • Native chemical ligation — or NCL is the most widely used form of chemical ligation, a technique for constructing a large polypeptide from two or more unprotected peptides. In native chemical ligation a peptide containing a C terminal thioester reacts with another peptide… …   Wikipedia

  • Groupe fonctionnel — En chimie organique, un groupe fonctionnel est une structure sub moléculaire constituée d un assemblage d atomes donnés qui confère une réactivité propre à la molécule qui le contient. Cette manière de considérer les molécules comme étant un… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • lipid — /lip id, luy pid/, n. Biochem. any of a group of organic compounds that are greasy to the touch, insoluble in water, and soluble in alcohol and ether: lipids comprise the fats and other esters with analogous properties and constitute, with… …   Universalium

  • Vanillin — IUPAC name …   Wikipedia

  • Chemical biology — is a scientific discipline spanning the fields of chemistry and biology that involves the application of chemical techniques and tools, often compounds produced through synthetic chemistry, to the study and manipulation of biological systems.… …   Wikipedia

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