cyclase

[ sahy-kleys, -kleyz ]

nounBiochemistry.
  1. an enzyme, as adenyl cyclase, that catalyzes the formation of a cyclic compound.

Origin of cyclase

1
First recorded in 1940–45; cycl(ic) + -ase

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