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carotenase

carotenase noun: an enzyme that converts carotene into vitamin A.

Noun

carotenase (plural carotenases)

  1. An enzyme that converts carotene into vitamin A

Forms of carotenase

pluralcarotenases

Questions about carotenase

What does carotenase mean?
Carotenase means an enzyme that converts carotene into vitamin A.
What part of speech is carotenase?
Carotenase is a noun.
What is the plural of carotenase?
The plural of carotenase is carotenases.

Words near carotenase in the dictionary

  1. caroteel
  2. caroteels
  3. carotenaemia
  4. carotenal
  5. carotenals
  6. carotenase
  7. carotenases
  8. carotene
  9. carotenemia
  10. carotenes
  11. carotenid

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