The reaction catalyzed by citrate synthase is essentially a Claisen condensation, involving a thioester (acetyl-CoA) and a ketone (oxaloacetate)

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#XL - R Botany

Quorum sensing in Erwinia carotovora is mediated by N‐acylhomoserine lactones, small molecules released from the bacterial cells into the surrounding medium.

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#XL - R Botany

The nematode‐secreted peptide 16D10, which was first isolated from the soybean root‐knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita, interacts with a plant regulatory protein, stimulates root growth, and binds in planta to two SCARECROW‐like transcription factors.

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#XL - T Zoology

Proteins fold to their native conformations via directed pathways rather than stumbling on them through random conformational searches.

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#XL - Q Biochemistry

The short (∼20 amino acid) C-terminal tails of both α- and β-tubulin that protrude from the microtubule are enriched in glutamic and aspartic acids, the surface of the microtubule possesses a net negative charge.