carboxylase

[kahr-bok-suh-leys, -leyz]

noun

Biochemistry.

1. decarboxylase.

carboxylase

/ kɑːˈbɒksɪˌleɪz /

noun

1. any enzyme that catalyses the release of carbon dioxide from certain acids

Word History and Origins

Origin of carboxylase¹

< German (1911); carboxyl, -ase

Example Sentences

"Acetyl-CoA carboxylase can drive the balance between storing lipids versus breaking down those lipids and feeding them into the citric acid cycle for energy," said Thaxton.

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The feat was repeated in November 2009 when Joe Davis, a self-described “bio-artist” in residence at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, hooked his smartphone to the Arecibo telescope and sent the genetic code for RuBisCO — ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase, a common plant protein — in the direction of three nearby stars.

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Instead of using rubisco, bundle sheath cells in this ring use the enzyme phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase, which doesn't bind oxygen, to capture CO2 in a four-carbon compound.

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Endogenous fatty acids, which are dependent on the enzyme acetyl-CoA carboxylase 1 for their synthesis, contribute to the differentiation of TH17 cells and to the development of autoimmune diseases42.

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"We were able to show that we can put carboxylase components into plant cells they will assemble as they do in cyanobacteria," Myat said.

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