oxidase Definition
oxi·dase (äk′si dās′, -dāz′)
noun
any oxidoreductase enzyme that acts as a catalyst in oxidation reactions in which oxygen is the electron acceptor
Etymology: oxid(ize) + -ase
oxidase Usage Examples
Converse of object
- inhibit: The usual choice for reducing uric acid levels is allopurinol, because it inhibits xanthine oxidase and can depress new purine synthesis.
- call: The problem was traced to a defective gene which should have made a substance called monoamine oxidase.
- contain: Don't take St. John's Wort with the herb Yohimbe, which also contains monoamine oxidase.
- receive: It should also not be used in patients receiving monoamine oxidase ( MAO ) inhibitors or patients on certain antidepressants.
Preposition: in
banana: In the ' inhibition of catechol oxidase in banana with copper acetate ' experiment.
Adjective modifier
- monoamine: The problem was traced to a defective gene which should have made a substance called monoamine oxidase.
- glycolate: However, the arrangement of side chains in the core of TIM itself is more irregular than that of glycolate oxidase.
- respiratory: Further projects are focussed on the structure and function of bacterial and mammalian cytochromes P450 and a family of plant respiratory burst oxidases.
Modifies a noun
- inhibitor: If you have gout or are taking monoamine oxidase inhibitors do not take brewers yeast.
- enzyme: Hydrogen peroxide in honey is made by glucose oxidase enzyme added by the bees that becomes activated by contact with water.
- activity: We are also applying directed evolution approaches to develop new oxidase activities.
- antidepressant: Citalopram must not be taken at the same time as monoamine oxidase inhibitor antidepressants ( MAOIs ).
- B: Further studies of levodopa in the brain led to the discovery of yet another pathway for its breakdown monoamine oxidase B.
- gene: GUS reporter expression in Arabidopsis root cap border cells and developing vascular tissue directed by the promoter from an Arabidopsis copper amine oxidase gene.
Noun used with modifier
- xanthine: Xanthine oxidase activity in the tissue is thus the key enzyme affecting the production of endogenous PD excretion.
- galactose: The delivery of dual inhibitors linked by the galactose oxidase linker showed a clear additive effect over either inhibitor delivered singly.
- catechol: In the experiment with catechol oxidase from bananas, why is sand used to extract the enzyme?
- polyphenol: Does polyphenol oxidase activity vary with the age of the material?
- amine: These enzymes represent a special class of the copper amine oxidases.
- cytochrome: The most notable example of this is in the enzyme cytochrome oxidase.
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