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ac·yl (sl)
n.
A organic radical having the general formula RCO, derived from the removal of a hydroxyl group from an organic acid.

acyl
1. an organic radical derived from a fatty acid by removal of the hydroxyl group.
2. generic term for fatty acid groups.

acyl carrier protein
ACP; a carrier protein molecule which is part of the fatty acid synthesizing enzyme complex in non-mammalian systems and which carries acyl groups.
acyl CoA
thioester of coenzyme A and a fatty acid of unspecified, but usually more than 14 carbon length.
acyl CoA dehydrogenase deficiency
lack of the first enzyme of beta-oxidation, acyl CoA dehydrogenase, a flavoprotein which catalyzes the removal of two hydrogens from the acyl chain.

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While the location of melittin appears to be primarily the dDMPC headgroup region, the interfacial region between the alkane chains and the dDMPC acyl chains is displaced to higher z values by as much as 0.
The development of bacterial biofilms on the surface of foreign bodies involves cell-to-cell signaling by acyl homoserine lactone-based chemical messengers that control bacterial gene expression (33,34).
 
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