Apo-

In chemical nomenclature, the prefix Apo is used - with the meaning "from ... her", "since", "away-", "ent-" (see ancient Greek prepositions ). In the meaning of the missing are z. B. apoterpenes those terpenes in which a methyl group is missing. In the case of the carotenoids , apo- indicates either the absence of a methyl group or the oxidation of a complete isoprene group. Apomorphine, on the other hand, is a rearrangement product of morphine.

A coenzyme-dependent enzyme is called apoenzyme without this cofactor .

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1. ↑ Wolfgang Holland: The nomenclature in organic chemistry, VEB Deutscher Verlag für Grundstoffindustrie Leipzig, p. 35.
2. ^ Peter Nuhn: Naturstoffchemie , S. Hirzel Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft Stuttgart, 1990, p. 578, ISBN 3-7776-0473-9 .
3. ↑ Paula Yurkanis Bruice: Organic Chemistry , Pearson Education Inc., 2004, 4th edition, p 1264, ISBN 0-13-121730-5 .