an enzyme found in mammals that can catalyze the deamination of adenosine into inosine and ammonia; "ADA deficiency can lead to one fo…
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Nitrogenase
an enzyme of nitrogen-fixing microorganisms that catalyzes the conversion of nitrogen to ammonia
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an enzyme found in mammals that can catalyze the deamination of adenosine into inosine and ammonia; "ADA deficiency can lead to one fo…
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Polymer chemistry, Chemical kinetics, Molecular biology.any of a group of proteins found in saliva and pancreatic juice and parts of plants; help convert starch to sugar
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Polymer chemistry, Chemical kinetics, Molecular biology.enzyme produced by certain bacteria that inactivates penicillin and results in resistance to that antibiotic
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Polymer chemistry, Chemical kinetics, Molecular biology.enzyme found in most plant and animal cells that functions as an oxidative catalyst; decomposes hydrogen peroxide into oxygen and water
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Polymer chemistry, Chemical kinetics, Molecular biology.an enzyme that hydrolyses acetylcholine (into choline and acetic acid)
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Polymer chemistry, Chemical kinetics, Molecular biology.an enzyme that occurs in gastric juice; causes milk to coagulate
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Polymer chemistry, Chemical kinetics, Molecular biology.an enzyme that induces coagulation
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Polymer chemistry, Chemical kinetics, Molecular biology.any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of collagen and gelatin
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Polymer chemistry, Chemical kinetics, Molecular biology.any of several enzymes that convert a compound into smaller, biologically-active compounds.; "There are four different C5 convertases…
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Polymer chemistry, Chemical kinetics, Molecular biology.either of two related enzymes that control the production of prostaglandins and are blocked by aspirin
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Polymer chemistry, Chemical kinetics, Molecular biology.an enzyme that removes the iodine radical
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Polymer chemistry, Chemical kinetics, Molecular biology.any of the enzymes that hydrolize the carboxyl group
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Polymer chemistry, Chemical kinetics, Molecular biology.an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of disaccharides into monosaccharides
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Polymer chemistry, Chemical kinetics, Molecular biology.a pancreatic enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of elastin
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Polymer chemistry, Chemical kinetics, Molecular biology.enzyme in the intestinal juice that converts inactive trypsinogen into active trypsin
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Polymer chemistry, Chemical kinetics, Molecular biology.any of several complex proteins that are produced by cells and act as catalysts in specific biochemical reactions
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Polymer chemistry, Chemical kinetics, Molecular biology.an enzyme that dissolves the fibrin of blood clots
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Microorganisms which live in contact with the air and need oxygen for their growth; as the microbacteria which form on the surface of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: enzyme, nitrogen-fixing, microorganisms, catalyzes, conversion.Microorganisms which do not require oxygen, but are killed by it.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: enzyme, nitrogen-fixing, microorganisms, catalyzes, conversion.a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections; "when antibiotics…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: enzyme, nitrogen-fixing, microorganisms, catalyzes, conversion.When germs stop responding to medicines used against them.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: enzyme, nitrogen-fixing, microorganisms, catalyzes, conversion.Single-celled microorganisms, some of which can cause disease
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: enzyme, nitrogen-fixing, microorganisms, catalyzes, conversion.a rodlike bacterium (especially any of the rod-shaped or branched bacteria in the root nodules of nitrogen-fixing plants)
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: enzyme, nitrogen-fixing, microorganisms, catalyzes, conversion.invasion of the bloodstream by virulent microorganisms from a focus of infection
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: enzyme, nitrogen-fixing, microorganisms, catalyzes, conversion.A change or reduction of the form or value of a proposition; as, the conversion of equations; the conversion of proportions.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: enzyme, nitrogen-fixing, microorganisms, catalyzes, conversion.The breakdown of organic matter by microorganisms
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: enzyme, nitrogen-fixing, microorganisms, catalyzes, conversion.The act or process of freeing from nitrogen; also, the condition resulting from the removal of nitrogen.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: enzyme, nitrogen-fixing, microorganisms, catalyzes, conversion.(medicine) the theory that all contagious diseases are caused by microorganisms
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: enzyme, nitrogen-fixing, microorganisms, catalyzes, conversion.harmless microorganisms (as Escherichia coli) that inhabit the intestinal tract and are essential for its normal functioning
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