Nitrilase
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Nitrilase is a noun meaning (biochemistry) Any of a class of enzymes that catalyse the hydrolysis of nitriles to carboxylic acids and ammonia, without the formation of "free" amide intermediates.
Meaning
(biochemistry) Any of a class of enzymes that catalyse the hydrolysis of nitriles to carboxylic acids and ammonia, without the formation of "free" amide intermediates.
Word Forms
- nitrilases
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include nitrogenase, naphthylamidase, dinitrogenase, nitroreductase, ammonialyase, denitroxylase.
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