Biology
Coined:. by Jons Jakob Berzelius (1779-1848) a Swedish chemist in 1838. In the 1830s, on the advice of Berzelius, Dutch chemist Gerhardus JohannesMulder (1802-1880) carried out elemental analysis of common animal and plant proteins. Munder observed that proteins had nearly the same empirical formula (is the simplest whole number ratio of atoms of each element present in a compound), roughly C400H620N100O120PnSm, where subscripts n and m are constants which vary per protein. In 1837, Mulder published his findings in which he hypothesized that there was one basic substance (?Grundstoff'?) that it was synthesized by plants and absorbed from them by animals in digestion. Berzelius proposed the name protein for this substance in a letter dated July 10, 1838: ?the name protein that I propose for the organic oxide of fibrin and albumin, I wanted to derive from Greek word ????????, because it appears to be the primitive or principal substance of animal nutrition.?
- Lanthanum (la)
Term: lanthanum (La)Literally meaning: ?pertaining to hidden?Origin: ???????/lanthano(= to be hidden, to escape notice) .The element called lanthanum because it is ?hidden? in rare minerals. Coined/History Lanthanum was isolated in the mineral...
- Selenium (se)
Term: selenium (Se)Literally meaning: ?pertaining to moon?Origin: Anc Greek??????/selene(=moon) Coined/History Selenium was named by Swedish chemist Jons Jacob Berzelius in 1817 ((1779-1848) when he noticed that selenium is...
- Isomer
Term: isomerLiterally meaning: ?equal parts?Origin: Anc Greek /é???/isos(=equal)+?????/meros(=part)Coined/HistoryThe term coined in 1830, by Swedish chemist Jons Jacob Berzelius(1779-1848) who wrote ?those bodies that have the same composition...
- Isomerase
Term: isomeraseLiterally meaning: ?separating isomers?Origin: Anc Greek /é???/isos(=equal)+?????/meros(=part)-???/-asy(=-ase) suffix added to the name of the substrate that the enzyme hydrolyzes eg proteinase for protein or lipase for lipids >???-/dia-(=prefix...
- Polymerase
Term: polymerase Origin: An Greek ????/poly(=multiple) +?????/meros(part) -??? /ase(suffix ) meaning that this molecule makes multiple identical parts of a template. Coined: in 1838 by Swedish chemist Jons Jakob Berzelius (1779-1848)...
Biology
protein
Term: protein
Origin: Anc Greek ?????? /protos (=first or prime importance)
+(feminine) -???/ine, French chemical suffix for feminine nouns used in chemistry to form endings of substances.
+(feminine) -???/ine, French chemical suffix for feminine nouns used in chemistry to form endings of substances.
Coined:. by Jons Jakob Berzelius (1779-1848) a Swedish chemist in 1838. In the 1830s, on the advice of Berzelius, Dutch chemist Gerhardus JohannesMulder (1802-1880) carried out elemental analysis of common animal and plant proteins. Munder observed that proteins had nearly the same empirical formula (is the simplest whole number ratio of atoms of each element present in a compound), roughly C400H620N100O120PnSm, where subscripts n and m are constants which vary per protein. In 1837, Mulder published his findings in which he hypothesized that there was one basic substance (?Grundstoff'?) that it was synthesized by plants and absorbed from them by animals in digestion. Berzelius proposed the name protein for this substance in a letter dated July 10, 1838: ?the name protein that I propose for the organic oxide of fibrin and albumin, I wanted to derive from Greek word ????????, because it appears to be the primitive or principal substance of animal nutrition.? Definition:
Biological nitrogenous molecules which are made of 20 amino acids linked into linear chains, called polypeptide chains. The sequence of the polypeptide chain is defined by a gene with genetic code.
runon derivatives :
proteomics, lipoprotein
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The word ?catalysis? was coined also by Berzelius in 1835 who noted that certain chemicals or material speed up a chemical reaction.
- Lanthanum (la)
Term: lanthanum (La)Literally meaning: ?pertaining to hidden?Origin: ???????/lanthano(= to be hidden, to escape notice) .The element called lanthanum because it is ?hidden? in rare minerals. Coined/History Lanthanum was isolated in the mineral...
- Selenium (se)
Term: selenium (Se)Literally meaning: ?pertaining to moon?Origin: Anc Greek??????/selene(=moon) Coined/History Selenium was named by Swedish chemist Jons Jacob Berzelius in 1817 ((1779-1848) when he noticed that selenium is...
- Isomer
Term: isomerLiterally meaning: ?equal parts?Origin: Anc Greek /é???/isos(=equal)+?????/meros(=part)Coined/HistoryThe term coined in 1830, by Swedish chemist Jons Jacob Berzelius(1779-1848) who wrote ?those bodies that have the same composition...
- Isomerase
Term: isomeraseLiterally meaning: ?separating isomers?Origin: Anc Greek /é???/isos(=equal)+?????/meros(=part)-???/-asy(=-ase) suffix added to the name of the substrate that the enzyme hydrolyzes eg proteinase for protein or lipase for lipids >???-/dia-(=prefix...
- Polymerase
Term: polymerase Origin: An Greek ????/poly(=multiple) +?????/meros(part) -??? /ase(suffix ) meaning that this molecule makes multiple identical parts of a template. Coined: in 1838 by Swedish chemist Jons Jakob Berzelius (1779-1848)...