ACCEPTOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does acceptor mean? 

• ACCEPTOR (noun)
  The noun ACCEPTOR has 2 senses:

1. (chemistry) in the formation of a coordinate bond it is the compound to which electrons are donated

2. the person (or institution) who accepts a check or draft and becomes responsible for paying the party named in the draft when it matures

  Familiarity information: ACCEPTOR used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACCEPTOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(chemistry) in the formation of a coordinate bond it is the compound to which electrons are donated

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("acceptor" is a kind of...):

chemical compound; compound ((chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight)

Domain category:

chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The person (or institution) who accepts a check or draft and becomes responsible for paying the party named in the draft when it matures

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("acceptor" is a kind of...):

drawee (the person (or bank) who is expected to pay a check or draft when it is presented for payment)

 Context examples 

When the intron is removed, the donor junction at the 5' end of the intron is spliced to the acceptor junction at the 3' end of the intron.

(Intronic SNP, NCI Thesaurus)

Genes that encode the class of enzymes that catalyze the transfer of glycosyl groups to an acceptor; often another carbohydrate molecule, a protein, or inorganic phosphate.

(Glycosyltransferase Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

The acceptor molecules are frequently carbohydrate molecules, or inorganic phosphates.

(Glycosyltransferase, NCI Thesaurus)

The systematic name is based on donor: acceptor oxidoreductase.

(Oxidoreductase, NCI Thesaurus)

Phosphotransferases have also been subdivided according to the acceptor group.

(Phosphotransferase Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

These have also been subdivided according to the acceptor group. (From Enzyme Nomenclature, 1992) EC 2.7.

(Phosphotransferase, NCI Thesaurus)

Phosphotransferase Genes encode Phosphotransferases (Phosphatases), a large group of enzymes subdivided according to acceptor group that transfer phosphate, diphosphate, nucleotidyl residues, and other phosphomoieties.

(Phosphatase Family Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

Systematic enzyme names employ dehydrogenase wherever possible, or reductase; oxidase is only used where O2 is the acceptor.

(Oxidoreductase Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

A heritable single nucleotide polymorphism located at the acceptor splice site in certain allelic variants of eukaryotic genes.

(Acceptor Splice Site SNP, NCI Thesaurus)

The acceptor molecule is frequently a carbohydrate moiety.

(Galactosyltransferase, NCI Thesaurus)