See Also: pant(4)(dictionary)
pant(3)(dictionary)
pant(2)(dictionary)
pant(1)(dictionary)
pant(dictionary)
pant(medicine)
G B Pant Hospital(health)
phosphatase(dictionary)
Phosphatase(medicine)
P-TEN phosphatase(medicine)

pant(1) (iou) and Phosphatase (medicine)


pant(1) (iou)



pant noun1. [pant] E16.
[from PANT verb.]
Each of a series of short quick laboured breaths, caused by exertion or agitation; a gasp, a catching of the breath. E16.
S. O'Faolain Rory gabbled between every pant after his climb.
A throb or heave of the chest in laboured breathing; a palpitation of the heart. L16.
transf. The regular throb and gasping sound of a steam engine. M19.

Phosphatase (medicine)


phosphatase
<enzyme> That hydrolyse phosphomonoesters. Acid phosphatases are specific for the single charged phosphate group and alkaline phosphatases for the double charged group. These specificities do not overlap.

The phosphatases comprise a very wide range of enzymes including broad and narrow specificity members. Phosphoprotein phosphatases specifically de phosphorylate a particular protein and are essential if phosphorylation is to be used as a reversible control system.