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nitrilase

nitrilase noun: any of a class of enzymes that catalyse the hydrolysis of nitriles to carboxylic acids and ammonia, without the formation of "free" amide intermediates.

Noun

nitrilase (countable and uncountable, plural nitrilases)

  1. Any of a class of enzymes that catalyse the hydrolysis of nitriles to carboxylic acids and ammonia, without the formation of "free" amide intermediates.

Forms of nitrilase

pluralnitrilases

Origin of nitrilase

From nitrile + -ase.

Questions about nitrilase

What does nitrilase mean?
Nitrilase means any of a class of enzymes that catalyse the hydrolysis of nitriles to carboxylic acids and ammonia, without the formation of "free" amide intermediates.
What part of speech is nitrilase?
Nitrilase is a noun.
What is the plural of nitrilase?
The plural of nitrilase is nitrilases.

Words near nitrilase in the dictionary

  1. nitrifiers
  2. nitrifies
  3. nitrify
  4. nitrifying
  5. nitril
  6. nitrilase
  7. nitrilases
  8. nitrilate
  9. nitrile
  10. nitrile imide
  11. nitrile imides

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