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- noun biochemistry Any
enzyme that inactivatesinsulin
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Examples
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Dr.I. Arthur Mirsky had hypothesized that maturity-onset diabetes might not be due to a deficiency of insulin secretion but rather to abnormally rapid degradation of insulin by hepatic insulinase (1).
Nobel Lecture Radioimmunoassay: A Probe For Fine Structure Of Biologic Systems 1977
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This insulinase sees to it that no insulin remains to push the blood glucose level too low.
The Human Brain Asimov, Isaac 1963
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The insulin-destroying enzyme insulinase can be put out of action by certain drugs.
The Human Brain Asimov, Isaac 1963
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