terms |
methylglyoxal |
As nouns the difference between terms and methylglyoxal
is that
terms is while
methylglyoxal is (organic compound) the aldehyde form of pyruvic acid.
methylglyoxal |
glyoxalase |
As nouns the difference between methylglyoxal and glyoxalase
is that
methylglyoxal is (organic compound) the aldehyde form of pyruvic acid while
glyoxalase is (biochemistry) either of a pair of related thiol-dependent enzymes:
glyoxalase І'', which catalyses the isomerisation of the spontaneously formed hemithioacetal adduct between gsh and 2-oxoaldehydes (such as methylglyoxal) into s-2-hydroxyacylglutathione; and ''glyoxalase ІІ , which hydrolyses these thiolesters.
pyruvaldehyde |
methylglyoxal |
Synonyms |
Methylglyoxal is a synonym of pyruvaldehyde.
As nouns the difference between pyruvaldehyde and methylglyoxal
is that
pyruvaldehyde is methylglyoxal while
methylglyoxal is the aldehyde form of pyruvic acid.
aldehyde |
methylglyoxal |
As nouns the difference between aldehyde and methylglyoxal
is that
aldehyde is any of a large class of reactive organic compounds (
R·CHO) having a carbonyl functional group attached to one hydrocarbon radical and a hydrogen atom while
methylglyoxal is the aldehyde form of pyruvic acid.