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nicotinamidase

nicotinamidase noun: a hydrolase enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction nicotinamide + H₂O ⇌ nicotinate + NH₃.

Noun

nicotinamidase (countable and uncountable, plural nicotinamidases)

  1. A hydrolase enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction nicotinamide + H₂O ⇌ nicotinate + NH₃.

Forms of nicotinamidase

pluralnicotinamidases

Origin of nicotinamidase

From nicotinamide + -ase.

Questions about nicotinamidase

What does nicotinamidase mean?
Nicotinamidase means a hydrolase enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction nicotinamide + H₂O ⇌ nicotinate + NH₃.
What part of speech is nicotinamidase?
Nicotinamidase is a noun.
What is the plural of nicotinamidase?
The plural of nicotinamidase is nicotinamidases.

Words near nicotinamidase in the dictionary

  1. nicotidine
  2. nicotiflorin
  3. nicotin
  4. nicotinal
  5. nicotinaldehyde
  6. nicotinamidase
  7. nicotinamidases
  8. nicotinamide
  9. nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide
  10. nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate
  11. nicotinamide adenine trinucleotide

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