Hydroxyalkanoic
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Hydroxyalkanoic is an adjective meaning (organic chemistry) Describing alkanoic acids that have one of more hydroxy substituents.
Meaning
(organic chemistry) Describing alkanoic acids that have one of more hydroxy substituents.
Example Sentences
It accepts coenzyme A thioesters of hydroxyalkanoic acids (HA) as substrates and catalyzes the polymerization of HAs into PHA while simultaneously releasing CoA.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include polyhydroxyalkanoic, hydrocarboxylic, hydroxycarboxylic, alkenoic, alkanoic, polyalkenoic.
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