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hydrogenase

hydrogenase noun: any enzyme that catalyzes the reduction of a substrate by the reversible oxidation of hydrogen.

Noun

hydrogenase (plural hydrogenases)

  1. Any enzyme that catalyzes the reduction of a substrate by the reversible oxidation of hydrogen.
    • It is clear from the experiments cited already that we are dealing with a bacterial enzyme comparable with the dehydrogenases, the substrate in this case being molecular hydrogen. […] In order to conform with the accepted terminology we suggest that this enzyme be called "hydrogenase."1930, Marjory Stephenson, LH Stickland, “Hydrogenase: a bacterial enzyme activating molecular hydrogen”, in Biochemical Journal

Forms of hydrogenase

pluralhydrogenases

Origin of hydrogenase

From hydrogen + -ase, after dehydrogenase.

Words formed from hydrogenase

Questions about hydrogenase

What does hydrogenase mean?
Hydrogenase means any enzyme that catalyzes the reduction of a substrate by the reversible oxidation of hydrogen.
What part of speech is hydrogenase?
Hydrogenase is a noun.
What is the plural of hydrogenase?
The plural of hydrogenase is hydrogenases.

Words near hydrogenase in the dictionary

  1. hydrogen-3
  2. hydrogen-4
  3. hydrogen-bonded
  4. hydrogen-bonding
  5. hydrogen-like
  6. hydrogenase
  7. hydrogenases
  8. hydrogenate
  9. hydrogenated
  10. hydrogenates
  11. hydrogenating

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