acceptor

acceptor
1. A compound that will take up a chemical group ( e.g., an amine group, a methyl group, a carbamoyl group) from another compound (the donor); under the action of alanine transaminase, l-glutamic acid is an amine donor while pyruvic acid is an amine a.. 2. A receptor that binds a hormone. [L. ac-cipio, pp. -ceptus, to accept]
- hydrogen a. SYN: hydrogen carrier.

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ac·cep·tor ik-'sep-tər, ak- n an atom, molecule, or subatomic particle capable of receiving another entity (as an electron) esp. to form a compound compare DONOR (2)

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n.
(in biochemistry) a substance that helps to bring about oxidation of a reduced substrate by accepting hydrogen ions.

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ac·cep·tor (ak-sepґtər) a substance which unites with another substance; specifically a substance which unites with hydrogen or oxygen in an oxidoreduction reaction and so enables the reaction to proceed. Cf. donor.

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