It was in the Agora of Athens that the great philosopher Socrates questioned the market-goers on their understanding of the meaning of life, attracting a crowd of Athenian youth who enjoyed seeing the more pretentious of their elders made fools of.
Branching definition, a division or subdivision of the stem or axis of a tree, shrub, or other plant. See more.
brancher enzyme (branching enzyme) Î±-glucan-branching glycosyltransferase: an enzyme involved in conversion of amylose to amylopectin; deficiency of this enzyme causes amylopectinosis. constitutive enzyme one produced by a microorganism regardless of the presence or absence of the specific substrate acted upon. debrancher enzyme (debranching enzyme) dextrin-1,6-glucosidase: an enzyme that acts on glucose residues of the glycogen molecule and is important in glycogenolysis; deficiency of this enzyme causes Forbes' disease.