ACYL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does acyl mean? 

• ACYL (noun)
  The noun ACYL has 1 sense:

1. any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group

  Familiarity information: ACYL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACYL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

acyl; acyl group

Context example:

an example of the acyl group is the acetyl group

Hypernyms ("acyl" is a kind of...):

chemical group; group; radical ((chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "acyl"):

acetyl; acetyl group; acetyl radical; ethanoyl group; ethanoyl radical (the organic group of acetic acid (CH3CO-))

foryml ((chemistry) the negative univalent acyl radical CHO that occurs in aldehydes)

 Context examples 

An sulfonylurea with structural variation to glibenclamide, in which 2-methoxy-5-chlorobenzyl is replaced by a cyclic acyl group, with hypoglycemic activity.

(Glicaramide, NCI Thesaurus)

An acyl derivative of morpholinomethylurea (MMU) with clofibric acid with antihyperlipidemic activity.

(Plafibride, NCI Thesaurus)

An acyl glycine produced by the conjugation of benzoic acid and glycine, found as a normal component in urine as a metabolite of aromatic compounds from food.

(Hippuric Acid, NCI Thesaurus)

Mitochondria contain distinctive ribosomes, transfer RNAs, amino acyl t-RNA synthetases, and elongation and termination factors.

(Mitochondrion, NCI Thesaurus)

Following its metabolism in the adrenal cortex to a reactive acyl chloride intermediate, mitotane covalently binds to adrenal proteins, specifically inhibiting adrenal cortical hormone production.

(Mitotane, NCI Thesaurus)

The determination of the amount of acyl coenzyme A oxidase present in a sample.

(Acyl Coenzyme A Oxidase Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)

A coenzyme containing pantothenic acid, adenosine 3-phosphate 5-pyrophosphate, and cysteamine; involved in the transfer of acyl groups, notably in transacetylations.

(Coenzyme A, NCI Thesaurus)

A measurement of the acyl coenzyme A oxidase in a biological specimen.

(Acyl Coenzyme A Oxidase Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Class of enzymes that catalyze the transfer of acyl groups, most commonly a carboxylic acyl group forming either esters or amides.

(Acyltransferase, NCI Thesaurus)

Fatty acids with an odd number of carbons in the acyl chain are left at the end with propionyl-CoA, with 3 carbons, which cannot enter another round of beta-oxidation.

(Beta-Oxidation of Fatty Acids Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)