ester
(noun)
An ester is a chemical compound consisting of a carbonyl group adjacent to an ether linkage.
Examples of ester in the following topics:
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Filtration
- Membrane filters used in production processes are commonly made from materials such as mixed cellulose ester or polyethersulfone.
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Wine, Beer, and Alcohol
- The temperature used for top-fermenting (15-24ÂșC) leads to the production of a lot of esters and flavor products that give beer a fruity taste.
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Syntrophy
- As a result of the need to produce high energy phosphate-containing organic compounds (generally in the form of CoA-esters) fermentative organisms use NADH and other cofactors to produce many different reduced metabolic by-products, often including hydrogen gas (H2).
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Phenotypic Analysis
- While bacterial cell membranes are made from phosphoglycerides with ester bonds, archaean membranes are made of ether lipids.
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Amino Acid Synthesis
- Proteins are made from amino acids that have been activated by attachment to a transfer RNA molecule through an ester bond.