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dihydroorotase

dihydroorotase noun: an enzyme that converts carbamoyl aspartic acid into 4,5-dihydroorotic acid in the biosynthesis of pyrimidines.

Noun

dihydroorotase (countable and uncountable, plural dihydroorotases)

  1. An enzyme that converts carbamoyl aspartic acid into 4,5-dihydroorotic acid in the biosynthesis of pyrimidines.

Forms of dihydroorotase

pluraldihydroorotases

Questions about dihydroorotase

What does dihydroorotase mean?
Dihydroorotase means an enzyme that converts carbamoyl aspartic acid into 4,5-dihydroorotic acid in the biosynthesis of pyrimidines.
What part of speech is dihydroorotase?
Dihydroorotase is a noun.
What is the plural of dihydroorotase?
The plural of dihydroorotase is dihydroorotases.

Words near dihydroorotase in the dictionary

  1. dihydromorphines
  2. dihydromorphinone
  3. dihydromyricetin
  4. dihydronaphthalene
  5. dihydroneopterin
  6. dihydroorotase
  7. dihydroorotases
  8. dihydroorotate
  9. dihydroorotates
  10. dihydrooxazine
  11. dihydrooxazines

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