Multicopper
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Multicopper is an adjective meaning Applied to a class of oxidase enzymes that oxidize their substrate by accepting electrons at a mononuclear copper centre and transferring them to a trinuclear copper centre.
Meaning
Applied to a class of oxidase enzymes that oxidize their substrate by accepting electrons at a mononuclear copper centre and transferring them to a trinuclear copper centre.
Example Sentences
Laccases (benzenediol: oxygen oxidoreductase, EC 1.10.3.2) are multicopper oxidases that catalyze oxidation of an extensive array of recalcitrant phenolic and nonphenolic compounds with simultaneous reduction of molecular oxygen to water (Rivera-Hoyos et al. 2013).
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include oxidases, cambialistic, multicatalytic, multisubstrate, metalloenzymatic, colabeled.
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