See Also: neprilysin(medicine)

RETRIBUTION (law) and neprilysin (medicine)


RETRIBUTION (law)


RETRIBUTION. 1. That which is given to another to recompense him for what has been received from him; as a rent for the hire of a house. 2. A salary has been received from him; as a rent for the hire of a house. 2. A salary paid to a person for his Services. 3. The distribution of rewards and paid to a person for his Services. 3. The distribution of rewards and punishments. punishments.





Others:






the act of taking revenge upon a criminal perpetrator. Also, the most punishment oriented of all sentencing goals, and one which claims that we are justified in punishing because offenders deserve it.





neprilysin (medicine)


neprilysin
<enzyme> Enzyme that is a major constituent of kidney brush-border membranes and is also present to a lesser degree in the brain and Other tissues. It preferentially catalyses cleavage at the amino group of hydrophobic residues of the b-chain of insulin as well as opioid peptides and Other biologically active peptides.

The enzyme is inhibited primarily by edta, phosphoramidon, and thiorphan and is reactivated by zinc. Neprilysin is identical to common acute lymphoblastic leukaemia antigen (calla), an important marker in the diagnosis of human acute lymphocytic leukaemia.

Registry number: EC 3.4.24.11