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nitrogenase

nitrogenase noun: any enzyme, especially in nitrogen-fixing bacteria, that catalyzes the conversion of atmospheric nitrogen into ammonia.

Noun

nitrogenase (plural nitrogenases)

  1. Any enzyme, especially in nitrogen-fixing bacteria, that catalyzes the conversion of atmospheric nitrogen into ammonia.

Forms of nitrogenase

pluralnitrogenases

Origin of nitrogenase

From nitrogen + -ase.

Questions about nitrogenase

What does nitrogenase mean?
Nitrogenase means any enzyme, especially in nitrogen-fixing bacteria, that catalyzes the conversion of atmospheric nitrogen into ammonia.
What part of speech is nitrogenase?
Nitrogenase is a noun.
What is the plural of nitrogenase?
The plural of nitrogenase is nitrogenases.

Words near nitrogenase in the dictionary

  1. nitrogen triiodide
  2. nitrogen-13
  3. nitrogen-14
  4. nitrogen-15
  5. nitrogen-fixing
  6. nitrogenase
  7. nitrogenases
  8. nitrogenate
  9. nitrogenated
  10. nitrogenates
  11. nitrogenating

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