hydrolase
Americannoun
noun
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Origin of hydrolase
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The researchers, who published their results recently in Nature, identified a new role for an old bacterial enzyme, known as bile salt hydrolase, or BSH.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 29, 2024
Normally, they are broken down by an enzyme called fatty acid amide hydrolase, or FAAH.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 6, 2020
The enzyme—organophosphorus hydrolase, or OPH, which breaks down OPs into harmless components—also worked without the cloak, but only for a few brief hours.
From Scientific American ● Jan. 8, 2019
Three years old, she has an extremely rare metabolic disorder called S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase deficiency, or AdoHcy.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 3, 2014
It's based on a gene known as LTA4H, first seen in mice, which governs the production of an enzyme called leukotriene A4 hydrolase.
From Time Magazine Archive
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