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laccase

laccase noun: any of several copper-containing oxidase enzymes found in plants and microorganisms.

Noun

laccase (countable and uncountable, plural laccases)

  1. Any of several copper-containing oxidase enzymes found in plants and microorganisms.
    • Higushi (54) reported on mushroom phenol oxidase prepared by the method of Freudenberg and its use for oxidation of coniferyl alcohol and related compounds and demonstrated that the enzyme product was a mixture of tyrosinase and laccase.1962, Forest Products Journal, volume 12, page 142

Forms of laccase

plurallaccases

Questions about laccase

What does laccase mean?
Laccase means any of several copper-containing oxidase enzymes found in plants and microorganisms.
What part of speech is laccase?
Laccase is a noun.
What is the plural of laccase?
The plural of laccase is laccases.

Words near laccase in the dictionary

  1. LACC
  2. Laccadive Islands
  3. Laccadives
  4. laccaic acid
  5. laccainic acid
  6. laccase
  7. laccases
  8. laccate
  9. lacceroic
  10. lacceroic acid
  11. laccic

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