See Also: chickenpox virus(medicine)
5-hydroxyvaleryl-CoA dehydratase(medicine)
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Chickenpox(health)
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5-hydroxyvaleryl-CoA dehydratase (medicine) and chickenpox virus (medicine)


5-hydroxyvaleryl-CoA dehydratase (medicine)


5-hydroxyvaleryl-CoA dehydratase
<enzyme> Contains fad; bifunctional enzyme which catalyses reversible dehydration of 5-hydroxyvaleryl-CoA to 4-pentenoyl-CoA

Registry number: EC 4.2.1.-

Synonym: 5hvc-dehydratase, 5-hydroxyvaleryl-CoA dehydratase-dehydrogenase


chickenpox virus (medicine)


chickenpox virus -->
varicella-zoster virus


A herpesvirus, morphologically identical to herpes simplex virus, that causes varicella (chickenpox) and herpes zoster in man; varicella results from a primary infection with the virus; herpes zoster results from secondary invasion by the same virus or by reactivation of infection which in many instances has been latent for many years.

Synonym: chickenpox virus, herpes zoster virus, human herpesvirus 3.