homocysteinase

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noun

Any enzyme that catalyzes the breakdown of homocysteine

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Meanings

nounhomocysteinase (plural homocysteinases)

plural homocysteinases

  1. biochemistryAny enzyme that catalyzes the breakdown of homocysteine

    Of our 30 genes, glutamate synthase and adenosyl homocysteinase were used for multiple gene analysis by Koufopanou et al.

    2015 August 5, “Selection of Orthologous Genes for Construction of a Highly Resolved Phylogenetic Tree and Clarification of the Phylogeny of Trichosporonales Species”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From homocysteine + -ase.

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