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kynureninase

kynureninase noun: an enzyme that catalyses the cleavage of kynurenine into anthranilic acid.

Noun

kynureninase (countable and uncountable, plural kynureninases)

  1. An enzyme that catalyses the cleavage of kynurenine into anthranilic acid.

Forms of kynureninase

pluralkynureninases

Origin of kynureninase

From kynurenine + -ase.

Questions about kynureninase

What does kynureninase mean?
Kynureninase means an enzyme that catalyses the cleavage of kynurenine into anthranilic acid.
What part of speech is kynureninase?
Kynureninase is a noun.
What is the plural of kynureninase?
The plural of kynureninase is kynureninases.

Words near kynureninase in the dictionary

  1. kynurenate
  2. kynurenates
  3. kynurenic
  4. kynurenic acid
  5. kynurenin
  6. kynureninase
  7. kynureninases
  8. kynurenine
  9. kynurenines
  10. kynurenins
  11. kyodai

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