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laccases

laccases is the plural of laccase.

Meaning of laccase

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

Questions about laccases

What is laccases the plural of?
Laccases is the plural of laccase.

Words near laccases in the dictionary

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

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