ISOMERIZATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does isomerization mean? 

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

1. the conversion of a compound into an isomer of itself

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ISOMERIZATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The conversion of a compound into an isomer of itself

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

isomerisation; isomerization

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

changeover; conversion; transition (an event that results in a transformation)

Derivation:

isomerize (change into an isomer)

isomerize (cause to change into an isomer)

 Context examples 

This allele, which encodes glucose-6-phosphate isomerase protein, is involved in the reversible isomerization of glucose-6-phosphate and fructose-6-phosphate.

(GPI wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

After isomerization, D-ribose 5-phosphate is produced and provides the starting point for a series of reactions that converts the 5-carbon ribose into 6-carbon fructose-6-phosphate and 3-carbon glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate.

(Oxidative Reactions of the Pentose Phosphate Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)