SHAWOMET
\ʃˈawɒmɪt], \ʃˈawɒmɪt], \ʃ_ˈa_w_ɒ_m_ɪ_t]\
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A place on the Pawtuxet River, R.I., where in 1643 the urbulent English adventurer, Gorton, and a few friends concluded a purchase of land from Miantonomo, a chief of the Narragansett Indians, and established the town of Warwick, one of the elements which combined to make Rhode Island.
By John Franklin Jameson
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Dopamine Acetyltransferase
- An enzyme that catalyzes the of groups from acetyl-CoA to arylamines. They have wide specificity for aromatic amines, particularly serotonin, and can also catalyze acetyl transfer between arylamines without CoA. EC 2.3.1.5.