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urocanases

urocanases is the plural of urocanase.

Meaning of urocanase

Noun

urocanase (plural urocanases)

  1. An enzyme that catalyzes the second step in the degradation of histidine, the hydration of urocanate into imidazolonepropionate.
    • Inherited deficiency of urocanase leads to elevated levels of urocanic acid in the urine.

Questions about urocanases

What is urocanases the plural of?
Urocanases is the plural of urocanase.

Words near urocanases in the dictionary

  1. uroboric
  2. uroboroi
  3. uroboros
  4. uroboroses
  5. urocanase
  6. urocanases
  7. urocanate
  8. urocanates
  9. urocanic
  10. urocanic acid
  11. urocardiac

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