Carboxylase Definition

kär-bŏksə-lās, -lāz
noun
An enzyme that is capable of removing carbon dioxide from certain organic acids to produce aldehydes, as in the formation of acetaldehyde from pyruvic acid.
Webster's New World
Any of various enzymes that catalyze the addition of a carboxyl group.
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Carboxylase

Noun

Singular:
carboxylase
Plural:
carboxylases

Carboxylase Sentence Examples

  • This in itself was not surprising, since plants normally fix CO2 in the dark using PEP carboxylase as part of their respiratory pathway.

  • The outer layer (the mesophyll) fixes CO2 using the enzyme PEP carboxylase to form 4-carbon organic acids.

  • This carbon-fixing reaction is catalyzed by the enzyme ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase, always known as rubisco.

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Words Starting With

CCACAR

Words Ending With

ESEASE

Unscrambles

carboxylase

Words Starting With C and Ending With E

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