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peroxygenase

peroxygenase noun: any enzyme that catalyses the formation of an alcohol by reaction with hydrogen peroxide.

Noun

peroxygenase (plural peroxygenases)

  1. Any enzyme that catalyses the formation of an alcohol by reaction with hydrogen peroxide

Forms of peroxygenase

pluralperoxygenases

Questions about peroxygenase

What does peroxygenase mean?
Peroxygenase means any enzyme that catalyses the formation of an alcohol by reaction with hydrogen peroxide.
What part of speech is peroxygenase?
Peroxygenase is a noun.
What is the plural of peroxygenase?
The plural of peroxygenase is peroxygenases.

Words near peroxygenase in the dictionary

  1. peroxydations
  2. peroxydisulfate
  3. peroxydisulfates
  4. peroxyflavin
  5. peroxyflavins
  6. peroxygenase
  7. peroxygenases
  8. peroxyhemiacetal
  9. peroxyhemiacetals
  10. peroxyl
  11. peroxyls

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