carboxylase
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of carboxylase
Example Sentences
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The team found that this process depends on a mitochondrial enzyme called pyruvate carboxylase.
From Science Daily • Apr. 20, 2026
"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.
From Science Daily • Mar. 15, 2024
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.
From Nature • Apr. 25, 2017
Carbon dioxide diffuses into leaves in the night when the stomata are open and is fixed into oxaloacetate by PEP carboxylase which attaches the carbon dioxide to the three-carbon molecule PEP.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
Oxaloacetate forms via the action of pyruvate carboxylase, whereas the action of pyruvate dehydrogenase creates acetyl CoA.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
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