This is the fourth part of the list of the "D" codes for MeSH

Mesh

Mesh consists of semi-permeable barrier made of connected strands of metal, fiber, or other flexible/ductile material. Mesh is similar to web or net in that it has many attached or woven strands.-Types of mesh:...

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--- dystrophin-associated protein complex

Dystrophin-associated protein complex

The dystrophin-associated protein complex is a multiprotein complex that includes dystrophin and the dystrophin-associated proteins.Many forms of muscular dystrophy are associated with disorders of the dystrophin-associated protein complex....

--- light-harvesting protein complexes

--- phycobilisomes

--- multienzyme complexes

--- cytochrome b6f complex

Cytochrome b6f complex

The cytochrome b6f complex is an enzyme found in the thylakoid membrane in chloroplasts of plants, cyanobacteria, and green algae, catalyzing the transfer of electrons from plastoquinol to plastocyanin...

 --- plastoquinol-plastocyanin reductase --- electron transport complex i --- electron transport complex iv --- fatty acid synthetase complex --- glycine decarboxylase complex --- aminomethyltransferase

Aminomethyltransferase

Aminomethyltransferase is an enzyme that catabolizes the creation of methylenetetrahydrofolate. It is part of the glycine decarboxylase complex....

 --- dihydrolipoamide dehydrogenase

Dihydrolipoamide dehydrogenase

Dihydrolipoamide dehydrogenase , also known as dihydrolipoyl dehydrogenase, mitochondrial, is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the DLD gene. DLD is a flavoprotein enzyme that degrades lipoamide, and produces dihydrolipoamide....

 --- glycine decarboxylase complex h-protein --- glycine dehydrogenase (decarboxylating)

Glycine dehydrogenase (decarboxylating)

Glycine dehydrogenase [decarboxylating], mitochondrial also known as glycine cleavage system P protein or glycine decarboxylase is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the GLDC gene.- Reaction :...

 --- ketoglutarate dehydrogenase complex --- dihydrolipoamide dehydrogenase

Dihydrolipoamide dehydrogenase

Dihydrolipoamide dehydrogenase , also known as dihydrolipoyl dehydrogenase, mitochondrial, is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the DLD gene. DLD is a flavoprotein enzyme that degrades lipoamide, and produces dihydrolipoamide....

 --- phosphoenolpyruvate sugar phosphotransferase system --- photosystem i protein complex --- photosystem ii protein complex --- proteasome endopeptidase complex --- pyruvate dehydrogenase complex --- dihydrolipoamide dehydrogenase

Dihydrolipoamide dehydrogenase

Dihydrolipoamide dehydrogenase , also known as dihydrolipoyl dehydrogenase, mitochondrial, is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the DLD gene. DLD is a flavoprotein enzyme that degrades lipoamide, and produces dihydrolipoamide....

 --- dihydrolipoyllysine-residue acetyltransferase --- pyruvate dehydrogenase (lipoamide) --- succinate cytochrome c oxidoreductase --- electron transport complex ii --- succinate dehydrogenase --- electron transport complex iii --- sucrase-isomaltase complex

--- biopolymers

--- chitin

Chitin

Chitin n is a long-chain polymer of a N-acetylglucosamine, a derivative of glucose, and is found in many places throughout the natural world...

 --- chitosan

Chitosan

Chitosan is a linear polysaccharide composed of randomly distributed β--linked D-glucosamine and N-acetyl-D-glucosamine...

 --- collagen

Collagen

Collagen is a group of naturally occurring proteins found in animals, especially in the flesh and connective tissues of mammals. It is the main component of connective tissue, and is the most abundant protein in mammals, making up about 25% to 35% of the whole-body protein content...

 --- fibrillar collagens --- collagen type i --- collagen type ii --- collagen type iii --- collagen type v --- collagen type xi --- elastin

Elastin

Elastin is a protein in connective tissue that is elastic and allows many tissues in the body to resume their shape after stretching or contracting. Elastin helps skin to return to its original position when it is poked or pinched. Elastin is also an important load-bearing tissue in the bodies of...

 --- glucans --- cellulose

Cellulose

Cellulose is an organic compound with the formula , a polysaccharide consisting of a linear chain of several hundred to over ten thousand β linked D-glucose units....

 --- cellulose, oxidized --- lignin

Lignin

Lignin or lignen is a complex chemical compound most commonly derived from wood, and an integral part of the secondary cell walls of plants and some algae. The term was introduced in 1819 by de Candolle and is derived from the Latin word lignum, meaning wood...

 --- dextrans --- glycogen

Glycogen

Glycogen is a molecule that serves as the secondary long-term energy storage in animal and fungal cells, with the primary energy stores being held in adipose tissue...

 --- liver glycogen --- starch

Starch

Starch or amylum is a carbohydrate consisting of a large number of glucose units joined together by glycosidic bonds. This polysaccharide is produced by all green plants as an energy store...

 --- inulin

Inulin

Inulins are a group of naturally occurring polysaccharides produced by many types of plants. They belong to a class of fibers known as fructans. Inulin is used by some plants as a means of storing energy and is typically found in roots or rhizomes...

 --- gum arabic

Gum arabic

220px|thumb|right|Acacia gumGum arabic, also known as acacia gum, chaar gund, char goond, or meska, is a natural gum made of hardened sap taken from two species of the acacia tree; Acacia senegal and Acacia seyal...

 --- intermediate filament proteins --- desmin

Desmin

Desmin is a protein that in humans is encoded by the DES gene.Desmin is a type III intermediate filament found near the Z line in sarcomeres. It was first described in 1976, first purified in 1977, the gene was cloned in 1989, and the first knock-out mouse was created in 1996. Desmin is only...

 --- glial fibrillary acidic protein

Glial fibrillary acidic protein

Glial fibrillary acidic protein is an intermediate filament protein that was thought to be specific for astrocytes in the central nervous system . Later, it was shown that GFAP is also expressed by other cell types in CNS, including ependymal cells...

 --- keratin

Keratin

Keratin refers to a family of fibrous structural proteins. Keratin is the key of structural material making up the outer layer of human skin. It is also the key structural component of hair and nails...

 --- neurofilament proteins --- vimentin

Vimentin

Vimentin is a type III intermediate filament protein that is expressed in mesenchymal cells. IF proteins are found in all metazoan cells as well as bacteria. IF, along with tubulin-based microtubules and actin-based microfilaments, comprise the cytoskeleton...

 --- karaya gum --- latex

Latex

Latex is the stable dispersion of polymer microparticles in an aqueous medium. Latexes may be natural or synthetic.Latex as found in nature is a milky fluid found in 10% of all flowering plants . It is a complex emulsion consisting of proteins, alkaloids, starches, sugars, oils, tannins, resins,...

 --- lignin

Lignin

Lignin or lignen is a complex chemical compound most commonly derived from wood, and an integral part of the secondary cell walls of plants and some algae. The term was introduced in 1819 by de Candolle and is derived from the Latin word lignum, meaning wood...

 --- microfilament proteins --- actin capping proteins --- capz actin capping protein --- tropomodulin

Tropomodulin

Tropomodulin is a protein which binds and caps the minus end of actin , regulating the length of actin filaments in muscle and non-muscle cells. The protein functions by physically blocking the spontaneous dissociation of GDP bound actin monomers from the minus end of the actin fibre...

 --- actinin

Actinin

Actinin is a microfilament protein. α-Actinin is necessary for the attachment of actin filaments to the Z-lines in skeletal muscle cells, and to the dense bodies in smooth muscle cells...

 --- actin depolymerizing factors --- cofilin 1

Cofilin 1

Cofilin 1 , also known as CFL1, is a human gene, part of the ADF/cofilin family.Cofilin is a widely distributed intracellular actin-modulating protein that binds and depolymerizes filamentous F-actin and inhibits the polymerization of monomeric G-actin in a pH-dependent manner...

 --- cofilin 2 --- destrin

Destrin

Destrin or DSTN is a protein which in humans is encoded by the DSTN gene. Destrin is a component protein in microfilaments....

 --- actin-related protein 2-3 complex --- actin-related protein 2 --- actin-related protein 3 --- actins --- cortactin

Cortactin

Cortactin is a monomeric protein located in the cytoplasm of cells that can be activated by external stimuli to promote polymerization and rearrangement of the actin cytoskeleton, especially the actin cortex around the cellular periphery. It is present in all cell types...

 --- gelsolin

Gelsolin

Gelsolin is an actin-binding protein that is a key regulator of actin filament assembly and disassembly. Gelsolin is one of the most potent members of the actin-severing gelsolin/villin superfamily, as it severs with nearly 100% efficiency...

 --- myosins --- myosin heavy chains --- myosin light chains --- myosin subfragments --- myosin type i --- myosin type ii --- cardiac myosins --- atrial myosins --- ventricular myosins --- nonmuscle myosin type iia --- nonmuscle myosin type iib --- skeletal muscle myosins --- smooth muscle myosins --- myosin type iii --- myosin type iv --- myosin type v --- profilins --- tropomyosin

Tropomyosin

Tropomyosin is an actin-binding protein that regulates actin mechanics. It is important, among other things, for muscle contraction. Tropomyosin, along with the troponin complex, associate with actin in muscle fibers and regulate muscle contraction by regulating the binding of myosin...

 --- troponin

Troponin

400px|thumb|right|alt = Colored dice with checkered background|Ribbon representation of the human cardiac troponin core complex in the calcium-saturated form...

 --- troponin c

Troponin C

Troponin C is a part of the troponin complex. It contains four calcium-binding EF hands. It is a component of thin filaments . It contains an N lobe and a C lobe. The C lobe serves a structural purpose and binds to the N domain of TnI. The C lobe can bind either Ca2+ or Mg2+...

 --- troponin i

Troponin I

Troponin I is a part of the troponin complex. It binds to actin in thin myofilaments to hold the actin-tropomyosin complex in place. Because of it myosin cannot bind actin in relaxed muscle...

 --- troponin t

Troponin T

Troponin T is a part of the troponin complex. It binds to tropomyosin, interlocking them to form a troponin-tropomyosin complex.The tissue specific subtypes are:* Slow skeletal troponin T1, TNNT1 * Cardiac troponin T2, TNNT2...

 --- wiskott-aldrich syndrome protein family --- wiskott-aldrich syndrome protein

Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein

The Wiskott–Aldrich Syndrome Protein is a 502-amino acid protein that is expressed in cells of the hematopoietic system. In the inactive state, WASp exists in an auto-inhibited conformation with sequences near its C-terminus binding to a region near its N-terminus...

 --- wiskott-aldrich syndrome protein, neuronal --- microtubule proteins --- tubulin

Tubulin

Tubulin is one of several members of a small family of globular proteins. The most common members of the tubulin family are α-tubulin and β-tubulin, the proteins that make up microtubules. Each has a molecular weight of approximately 55 kiloDaltons. Microtubules are assembled from dimers of α- and...

 --- pectins --- resins, plant --- amber

Amber

Amber is fossilized tree resin , which has been appreciated for its color and natural beauty since Neolithic times. Amber is used as an ingredient in perfumes, as a healing agent in folk medicine, and as jewelry. There are five classes of amber, defined on the basis of their chemical constituents...

 --- balsams --- propolis

Propolis

Propolis is a resinous mixture that honey bees collect from tree buds, sap flows, or other botanical sources. It is used as a sealant for unwanted open spaces in the hive. Propolis is used for small gaps , while larger spaces are usually filled with beeswax. Its color varies depending on its...

 --- reticulin --- rubber

Rubber

Natural rubber, also called India rubber or caoutchouc, is an elastomer that was originally derived from latex, a milky colloid produced by some plants. The plants would be ‘tapped’, that is, an incision made into the bark of the tree and the sticky, milk colored latex sap collected and refined...

 --- silk

Silk

Silk is a natural protein fiber, some forms of which can be woven into textiles. The best-known type of silk is obtained from the cocoons of the larvae of the mulberry silkworm Bombyx mori reared in captivity...

 --- tannins --- hydrolyzable tannins --- proanthocyanidins --- tragacanth

Tragacanth

Tragacanth is a natural gum obtained from the dried sap of several species of Middle Eastern legumes of the genus Astragalus, including A. adscendens, A. gummifer, A. brachycalyx, and A. tragacanthus. Some of these species are known collectively under the common names "goat's thorn" and "locoweed"...

--- cyanoacrylates

--- enbucrilate --- bucrylate

--- elastomers

--- polyurethanes --- rubber

Rubber

Natural rubber, also called India rubber or caoutchouc, is an elastomer that was originally derived from latex, a milky colloid produced by some plants. The plants would be ‘tapped’, that is, an incision made into the bark of the tree and the sticky, milk colored latex sap collected and refined...

 --- neoprene

Neoprene

Neoprene or polychloroprene is a family of synthetic rubbers that are produced by polymerization of chloroprene. Neoprene in general has good chemical stability, and maintains flexibility over a wide temperature range...

 --- silicone elastomers

--- fluorocarbon polymers

--- polytetrafluoroethylene

Polytetrafluoroethylene

Polytetrafluoroethylene is a synthetic fluoropolymer of tetrafluoroethylene that finds numerous applications. PTFE is most well known by the DuPont brand name Teflon....

 --- proplast

--- plastics

--- nylon

Nylon

Nylon is a generic designation for a family of synthetic polymers known generically as polyamides, first produced on February 28, 1935, by Wallace Carothers at DuPont's research facility at the DuPont Experimental Station...

s --- polyethylenes --- polyethylene

Polyethylene

Polyethylene or polythene is the most widely used plastic, with an annual production of approximately 80 million metric tons...

 --- polyethyleneimine --- polypropylenes --- polystyrenes --- cholestyramine

Cholestyramine

Cholestyramine or colestyramine is a bile acid sequestrant, which binds bile in the gastrointestinal tract to prevent its reabsorption. It is a strong ion exchange resin, which means that it can exchange its chloride anions with anionic bile acids in the gastrointestinal tract and bind them...

 --- polyurethanes --- polyvinyl

Polyvinyl

Polyvinyl is a group of polymers derived from vinyl monomers.Polyvinyl may also refer to:* Polyvinyl chloride* Polyvinyl acetate* Polyvinyl alcohol* Polyvinyl Record Co., an independent record label...

s --- polyvinyl alcohol

Polyvinyl alcohol

Polyvinyl alcohol is a water-soluble synthetic polymer .-Properties:...

 --- polyvinyl chloride

Polyvinyl chloride

Polyvinyl chloride, commonly abbreviated PVC, is a thermoplastic polymer. It is a vinyl polymer constructed of repeating vinyl groups having one hydrogen replaced by chloride. Polyvinyl chloride is the third most widely produced plastic, after polyethylene and polypropylene. PVC is widely used in...

 --- povidone --- povidone-iodine --- resins, synthetic --- acrylic resins

Acrylic resins

Acrylic resins are a group of related thermoplastic or thermosetting plastic substances derived from acrylic acid, methacrylic acid or other related compounds. Polymethyl acrylate is an acrylic resin used in an emulsed form for lacquer, textile finishes, adhesives and, mixed with clay, to gloss paper...

 --- polymethacrylic acids --- methylmethacrylates --- methylmethacrylate --- polymethyl methacrylate --- polyhydroxyethyl methacrylate --- bone cements --- composite resins --- bisphenol a-glycidyl methacrylate --- compomers --- epoxy resins --- resin cements

--- polyesters

--- polydioxanone

Polydioxanone

Polydioxanone or poly-p-dioxanone is a colorless, crystalline, biodegradable synthetic polymer.-Chemistry:Chemically, polydioxanone is a polymer of multiple repeating ether-ester units. It is obtained by ring-opening polymerization of the monomer p-dioxanone...

 --- polyethylene terephthalates --- polyglactin 910 --- polyglycolic acid

--- polyethylene glycols

--- cetomacrogol --- hydrogel --- nonoxynol --- octoxynol --- poloxalene --- poloxamer

Poloxamer

Poloxamers are nonionic triblock copolymers composed of a central hydrophobic chain of polyoxypropylene flanked by two hydrophilic chains of polyoxyethylene . The word "poloxamer" was coined by the inventor, Irving Schmolka, who received the patent for these materials in 1973...

 --- polyhydroxyethyl methacrylate --- polysorbates

--- siloxanes

--- silicones --- dimethylpolysiloxanes --- simethicone

Simethicone

Simethicone is an oral anti-foaming agent used to reduce bloating, discomfort and pain caused by excess gas in the stomach or intestinal tract. It is a mixture of polydimethylsiloxane and silica gel.-Chemical action and pharmaceutical effects:...

 --- silicone elastomers --- silicone gels --- silicone oils