arginase

[ahr-juh-neys, -neyz]

noun

Biochemistry.

1. a liver enzyme that converts arginine to urea.

Word History and Origins

Origin of arginase¹

1900–05; < German Arginase; arginine, -ase

Example Sentences

In the livers of the recipient mice that received transplants from donors without ovaries, the scientists found elevated expression levels of the gene for arginase-1, which plays a critical role in the elimination of nitrogenous waste.

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Willow was born with an ultrarare disease called arginase-1 deficiency.

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The arginase-2 pathway might be a way to better understand and perhaps find treatments for those conditions, Ginhoux says. 

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Lead study author William Durante says researchers discovered that obese animals had elevated levels of an enzyme named arginase that breaks down an amino acid named arginine.

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The researchers found that such cells suppress the immune response by making an enzyme called arginase.

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