carboxylase
carboxylase
Definition
car·boxyl·ase (kär bäks′ə lās′)
carboxylase
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- use: This in itself was not surprising, since plants normally fix CO2 in the dark using PEP carboxylase as part of their respiratory pathway.
Adjective modifier
- pep: This in itself was not surprising, since plants normally fix CO2 in the dark using PEP carboxylase as part of their respiratory pathway.
- phosphoenolpyruvate: CAM plants open their Stomata at night, using the enzyme Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase ( PEPc ) to fix CO 2 into organic acids.
Modifies a noun
- gene: Molecular phylogeny of PEP carboxylase genes in plants and bacteria.
Noun used with modifier
- enzyme: The outer layer ( the mesophyll ) fixes CO2 using the enzyme PEP carboxylase to form 4-carbon organic acids.
- acetyl-coa: M. R. Munday ( 2002 ) " Regulation of mammalian acetyl-CoA carboxylase, " Biochem.
- bisphosphate: This carbon-fixing reaction is catalyzed by the enzyme ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase, always known as rubisco.
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