Prefixes biochemical nomenclature

Although or >s called superoxide in biochemical nomenclature, the Comirxssioa recommends the use of ihe systematic name dioxide J -), because the prefix super- does nt lave the same meaning in all languages. Other commoo names are not recommended. 

The abbreviations and symbols for amino acids and peptides used in this article comply with the rules published by the IUPAC Commission for Biochemical Nomenclature see J. Biol. Chem. 245, 6489 (1970) ibid. 247, 977 (1972) ibid. 250, 3215 (1975) Biochem. J. 126, 773 (1972). The amino acids are in the L-configuration in the case of D-amino acids the abbreviations are prefixed by the letter D. 

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