Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An enzyme that removes water from a substrate.
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- noun biochemistry Any
enzyme thatcatalyzes the addition or removal of the elements ofwater ; ahydrase
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[hydrat(e) + –ase.]
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hydrate + -ase
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Examples
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The interconversion of citrate and isocitrate by aconitate hydratase was shown to occur with complete retention of the proton transferred between C2and C3 but with no retention of the OH - between C3 and C2.
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This did not seem such a formidable task, although it was not until 1963 that Kenneth Hanson and I solved the historically important problem of the prochirality of citric acid7, which was necessary for me to gain a proper perspective on the aconitate hydratase reaction.
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These include subunits of pyruvate synthase, aconitate hydratase, and succinyl-CoA synthetase.
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