Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An autolytic ferment which causes the transformation of guanine to xanthin.
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- noun biochemistry
guanine deaminase , anenzyme
Etymologies
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Blend of guanine and deaminase
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Examples
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The enzymes guanase and xanthine oxidase were useful in our laboratory to examine the purines as substrates or inhibitors of these enzymes
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