"racemase" meaning in All languages combined

See racemase on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: racemases [plural]
Etymology: raceme + -ase Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|raceme|ase}} raceme + -ase Head templates: {{en-noun}} racemase (plural racemases)
  1. (biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the stereochemical inversion of the configuration about an asymmetric carbon atom in a substrate having only one center of asymmetry. Categories (topical): Enzymes Related terms: epimerase

Inflected forms

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