Sentence examples for serving as a substrate from inspiring English sources

Bacterial histamine formation is affected by free histidine contents in fish muscle, serving as a substrate for histidine decarboxylase.

Apoplastic ascorbate can protect plants from ozone-induced damage by directly reacting with ozone (Chameides 1989; Plöchl et al. 2000) and ROS (D'Haese et al. 2005) or by serving as a substrate in ROS-scavenging enzymatic reactions (Chen and Gallie 2005).

However, the additional roles for PIP2 at fertilization, other than serving as a substrate for phospholipase C, are not well known.

In summary, prior to serving as a substrate for E2 synthesis in larger follicles, androgens may have a specific antiapoptotic action in preantral and small antral follicles.

Malonyl-CoA is a key metabolite, because it favors hepatic fat accumulation by serving as a substrate for lipogenesis and blocks fatty acid oxidation through the inhibition of carnitine-palmitoyl transferase-1.

On the other hand, it has been proposed that uncoupling of BAT mitochondria is activated by FFA which stimulate UCP-1 as well as serving as a substrate for oxidation (Trayhurn, 1993; Boss et al, 2000).

The meshlike material then serves as a substrate that allows internal tissue to grow and resolve the hernia.

The initial food item thus serves as a substrate that is acted upon by microorganisms during the period of incubation.

It serves as a substrate for the sensory faculties, their matter "disposed" to receive sensory perceptions.

Besides formaldehyde, the only aldehyde or alcohol tested that served as a substrate was pyruvaldehyde.

Steel plate of Steel 3 served as a substrate for obtaining the catalyst.