Category: Z

  • Zymohexase

    The enzyme involved in splitting fructose 1,6-diphosphate into dihydroxyacetone phosphate and phosphoglyceric aldehyde.  

  • Zymogram

    An electrophoretic graph of the separation of the enzymes in a solution.  

  • Zymase

    Any of a group of enzymes that, in the presence of oxygen, convert certain carbohydrates into carbon dioxide and water or, in the absence of oxygen, into alcohol and carbon dioxide or lactic acid. It is found in yeast, bacteria, and higher plants and animals. An enzyme found in yeast that triggers alcoholic fermentation.  

  • Zygospore

    A spore formed by fusion of morphologically identical structures.  

  • Zygosity

    The composition or characteristics of a zygote.  

  • Zygosis

    The sexual union of two unicellular animals.  

  • Zygomycotina

    In one system of taxonomy, a phylum of the true fungi. It is synonymous with the class Zygomycetes in another system of taxonomy.  

  • Zygomycetes

    In one system of taxonomy, a class of the true fungi that includes those which cause mucormycosis and entomophthoramycosis. This class is equivalent to the phylum Zygomycotina in another system of taxonomy.  

  • Zygomaticus

    A muscle that draws the upper lip upward and outward.  

  • Zygomaticofrontal

    Concerning the zygomatic bone and frontal bone of the face.