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heterocyclase

heterocyclase noun: any enzyme that catalyses the formation of a heterocycle.

Noun

heterocyclase (plural heterocyclases)

  1. Any enzyme that catalyses the formation of a heterocycle

Forms of heterocyclase

pluralheterocyclases

Origin of heterocyclase

From hetero- + cyclase.

Questions about heterocyclase

What does heterocyclase mean?
Heterocyclase means any enzyme that catalyses the formation of a heterocycle.
What part of speech is heterocyclase?
Heterocyclase is a noun.
What is the plural of heterocyclase?
The plural of heterocyclase is heterocyclases.

Words near heterocyclase in the dictionary

  1. heterocrystalline
  2. heteroctamer
  3. heteroctamers
  4. heterocumulene
  5. heterocumulenes
  6. heterocyclase
  7. heterocyclases
  8. heterocycle
  9. heterocycles
  10. heterocyclic
  11. heterocyclical

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