aconitase

See also: Aconitase

English

Etymology

From aconitate +‎ -ase.

Noun

aconitase (countable and uncountable, plural aconitases)

1. (biochemistry) Aconitate hydratase, an enzyme that catalyses the stereospecific isomerization of citrate to isocitrate via cis-aconitate in the tricarboxylic acid cycle.
   • 1939 June 1, William Arthur Johnson, “Aconitase”, in Biochemical Journal, volume 33, number 6, page 1046:

     The enzyme system bringing about the reversible hydration of cisaconitic acid has been shown to be different from fumarase and termed "aconitase".

   • 1959, Virginia Commission of Fisheries, Report of the Commission of Fisheries of Virginia‎^[1], page 54:

     These are: aconitase, isocitric dehydrogenase, alpha-ketoglutaric dehydrogenase, succinic dehydrogenase, fumarase, malic dehydrogenase, DPHN-oxidase, and cytochrome oxidase.

   • 2000, Louis J. Ignarro, Nitric Oxide: Biology and Pathobiology‎^[2], page 301:

     The best-characterized member of iron-sulfur isomerases is mitochondrial aconitase.

Translations

aconitate hydratase

• Czech: akonitáza f
• Portuguese: aconitase f

Anagrams

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ko.niˈta.zi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ko.niˈta.zi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ko.niˈta.ze/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ku.niˈta.zɨ/

Noun

aconitase f (uncountable)

1. (biochemistry) aconitase (aconitate hydratase)