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multicopper

multicopper adjective: applied to a class of oxidase enzymes that oxidize their substrate by accepting electrons at a mononuclear copper centre and transferring them to a trinuclear copper centre.

Adjective

multicopper (not comparable)

  1. Applied to a class of oxidase enzymes that oxidize their substrate by accepting electrons at a mononuclear copper centre and transferring them to a trinuclear copper centre.
    • Laccases (benzenediol: oxygen oxidoreductase, EC 1.10.3.2) are multicopper oxidases that catalyze oxidation of an extensive array of recalcitrant phenolic and nonphenolic compounds with simultaneous reduction of molecular oxygen to water (Rivera-Hoyos et al. 2013).2015 January 16, Gaurav Singh Kaira, Kusum Dhakar, Anita Pandey, “A psychrotolerant strain of Serratia marcescens (MTCC 4822) produces laccase at wide temperature and pH range”, in AMB Express...

Origin of multicopper

From multi- + copper.

Questions about multicopper

What does multicopper mean?
Multicopper means applied to a class of oxidase enzymes that oxidize their substrate by accepting electrons at a mononuclear copper centre and transferring them to a trinuclear copper centre.
What part of speech is multicopper?
Multicopper is an adjective.

Words near multicopper in the dictionary

  1. multicooker
  2. multicookers
  3. multicoordinate
  4. multicoordination
  5. multicopies
  6. multicopper
  7. multicopter
  8. multicopters
  9. multicopy
  10. multicopying
  11. multicore

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