atroxase

Crotalus atrox
Crotalus atrox#Translingual

(biochemistry) An endopeptidase enzyme, found in the venom of the diamondback rattlesnake Crotalus atrox, that catalyzes the cleavage of His⁵-Leu, Ser⁹-His, His¹⁰-Leu, Ala¹⁴-Leu and Tyr¹⁶-Leu of insulin B chain.


arylamidase

en-noun

arylamidase (countable and uncountable, plural arylamidases)

cytosol alanyl aminopeptidase
cytosol alanyl aminopeptidase

(biochemistry) The enzyme cytosol alanyl aminopeptidase.

arilamidase

the enzyme cytosol alanyl aminopeptidase


aminopolypeptidase

aminopolypeptidase (countable and uncountable, plural aminopolypeptidases)


inulase

inulase (countable and uncountable, plural inulases)


imidodipeptidase

imidodipeptidase (countable and uncountable, plural imidodipeptidases)

(biochemistry) The enzyme X-Pro dipeptidase.


iminodipeptidase

iminodipeptidase (countable and uncountable, plural iminodipeptidases)

(biochemistry) The enzyme Cytosol nonspecific dipeptidase.


isoamylase

isoamylase (countable and uncountable, plural isoamylases)

(biochemistry) An enzyme, glycogen 6-alpha-D-glucanohydrolase, that catalyses the hydrolysis of (1->6)-alpha-D-glucosidic branch linkages in glycogen, amylopectin and their beta-limit dextrins.


isopullulanase

isopullulanase (countable and uncountable, plural isopullulanases)

(biochemistry) An enzyme, pullulan 4-glucanohydrolase, that catalyses the hydrolysis of pullulan to isopanose (6-alpha-maltosylglucose).


inulinase

inulinase (countable and uncountable, plural inulinases)

(biochemistry) An enzyme, 1-beta-D-fructan fructanohydrolase, that catalyses the endohydrolysis of (2->1)-beta-D-fructosidic linkages in inulin.


mechanoenzyme

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that converts chemical energy into mechanical energy and hence into movement


vetispiradiene synthase

vetispiradiene synthase (plural vetispiradiene synthases)

(biochemistry) A lyase enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction trans,trans-farnesyl diphosphate ⇌ vetispiradiene + diphosphate.


premnaspirodiene oxygenase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction (-)-vetispiradiene + 2 NADPH + 2 H⁺ + 2 O₂ ⇌ solavetivone + 2 NADP⁺ + 3 H₂O.


notatin

From notatum + -in, named after Penicillium notatum, from which it was extracted.


amidoligase

(biochemistry) Any ligase that catalyses the binding of an amido group, but especially one that catalyses the transfer of such a group from glutamine


hydrogenlyase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the removal of hydrogen from a compound, but especially one that converts formic acid into carbon dioxide and molecular hydrogen


lichenase

(biochemistry) Any glucanase that can hydrolyse lichenins


xyloglucanase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that breaks down xyloglucans.


desuccinylase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that promotes desuccinylation


exoglucanase

(biochemistry) any glucanase / cellulase that is active outside of the organism that produced it


tautomerase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes a tautomerization reaction


deiodase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyses the removal of iodine from iodothyronine; its deficiency causes goitre


selenophosphate synthetase

selenophosphate synthetase (plural selenophosphate synthetases)

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the formation of a selenophosphate


memapsin

(biochemistry) membrane-associated aspartic protease


pectase

pectase (countable and uncountable, plural pectases)


exotransferase

(biochemistry) Any transferase that is active outside of the cell or organism that created it


scramblase

(biochemistry) Any of a group of enzymes that aid the translocation of phospholipids across cell membranes.


rhamnodiastase

rhamnodiastase (countable and uncountable, plural rhamnodiastases)

(biochemistry) An enzyme found in Rhamnus dahurica, used in the hydrolysis of flavonoid glycosides.


transglucosidase

(biochemistry) A kind of enzyme capable of converting starch into oligosaccharides.


maltokinase

maltokinase (countable and uncountable, plural maltokinases)

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyses the chemical reaction ATP + maltose ⇌ ADP + alpha-maltose 1-phosphate.


(biochemistry) A hydrolase enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction 5,10-methenyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydromethanopterin + H₂O ⇌ 5-formyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydromethanopterin.


oryzin

Aspergillus oryzae
Aspergillus oryzae#Translingual

(biochemistry) A predominant extracellular alkaline endopeptidase of the mold Aspergillus oryzae.


aspergillopepsin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of pepsins found in Aspergillus fungi.


dextranase

dextranase (countable and uncountable, plural dextranases)

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyzes the endohydrolysis of (1->6)-alpha-D-glucosidic linkages in dextran.


dextransucrase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction sucrose + (1,6-alpha-D-glucosyl)n ⇌ D-fructose + (1,6-alpha-D-glucosyl)n⁺1.


dihydroorotase

dihydroorotase (countable and uncountable, plural dihydroorotases)

(biochemistry) An enzyme that converts carbamoyl aspartic acid into 4,5-dihydroorotic acid in the biosynthesis of pyrimidines.


dimethylallyltranstransferase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that converts dimethylallylpyrophosphate and isopentenyl pyrophosphate into farnesylpyrophosphate.


dimethylargininase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction N-omega,N-omega'-methyl-L-arginine + H₂O ⇌ dimethylamine + L-citrulline.


dolichyldiphosphatase

(biochemistry) A hydrolase enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction dolichyl diphosphate + H₂O ⇌ dolichyl phosphate + phosphate.


exodeoxyribonuclease

(biochemistry) Any of a group of esterases that catalyze the division of DNA.


carnosinase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of Xaa!His dipeptides.


peptidyl-glycinamidase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyzes the cleavage of C-terminal glycinamide from polypeptides.


chlorophyllase

chlorophyllase (countable and uncountable, plural chlorophyllases)

(biochemistry) The main enzyme in chlorophyll metabolism; the catalyst for the hydrolysis of chlorophyll to produce chlorophyllide and phytol.


clostripain

It was isolated from Clostridium histolyticum.

(biochemistry) Any of a family of proteinases that cleaves proteins on the carboxyl peptide bond of arginine.


cobalt chelatase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction ATP + hydrogenobyrinic acid a,c-diamide + Co²⁺ + H₂O ⇌ ADP + phosphate + cob(II)yrinic acid a,c-diamide + H⁺.


creatininase

(biochemistry) An amidohydrolase enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of creatinine to creatine, which can then be metabolised to urea and sarcosine by creatinase.


sepiapterin reductase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyzes the NADPH-dependent reduction of various carbonyl substances, including derivatives of pteridines.


thermitase

Obtained from Thermoactinomyces vulgaris. See -ase.

(biochemistry) A peptidase enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of proteins.


levanase

(biochemistry) levan hydrolase, an enzyme that catalyses the random hydrolysis of (2->6)-beta-D-fructofuranosidic linkages in (2->6)-beta-D-fructans (levans) containing more than three fructose units.


ethanolaminephosphotransferase

(biochemistry) A transferase enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction CDP-ethanolamine + 1,2-diacylglycerol ⇌ CMP + a phosphatidylethanolamine.


cresolase

monophenol monooxygenase
monophenol monooxygenase


dGTPase

(biochemistry) A hydrolase enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction dGTP + H₂O ⇌ deoxyguanosine + triphosphate.


exolipase

(biochemistry) Any form of lipase acting as an exoenzyme


sulfurase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses a reaction involving elemental sulfur.


fibrolase

(biochemistry) fibrinolytic proteinase: a hydrolase enzyme found in the venom of the southern copperhead snake


selenoenzyme

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that contains a selenium atom.


thioltransferase

(biochemistry) Any transferase that catalyzes the transfer of a thiol group


lactonase

lactonase (countable and uncountable, plural lactonases)

(biochemistry) A metalloenzyme, produced by certain bacteria, that targets and inactivates acylated homoserine lactones (AHLs)


leucyltransferase

(biochemistry) A transferase enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction L-leucyl-tRNA + protein ⇌ tRNA + L-leucyl-protein.


lumbrokinase

lumbrokinase (countable and uncountable, plural lumbrokinases)

(biochemistry) A collective name for various fibrinolytic enzymes present in various earthworms, especially Lumbricus bimastus and Lumbricus rubellus.


keratinase

(biochemistry) A proteolytic proteinase enzyme produced in the presence of keratin-containing substrate.


glucase

(dated, biochemistry) Any enzyme that converts starch into glucose.


aminomutase

(biochemistry) Any mutase that moves an amino group.


carboxyltransferase

(biochemistry) Any transferase that transfers a carboxyl group (one that carries out transcarboxylation).


chelatase

The properties of these zinc-protoporphyrin chelatases, particularly the one in R. spheroides, are described in detail and their possible metabolic functions discussed.

1964, A Neuberger, “Studies on the biosynthesis of porphyrin and bacteriochlorophyll by Rhodopseudomonas spheroides. 5. Zinc–protoporphyrin chelatase”, in Biochemical Journal:

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes chelation, especially that of a specified metal ion


transcarboxylase

(biochemistry) Synonym of carboxyltransferase


cobaltochelatase

(biochemistry) Any chelatase that chelates cobalt ions


chondroitinsulfatase

(biochemistry) Any sulfatase that sulfates chondroitin.


deoxyribosyltransferase

(biochemistry) Any transferase that transfers a deoxyribosyl moiety (between bases)


glucanohydrolase

(biochemistry) Any hydrolase that hydrolyses a glucan


glyceridase

(biochemistry) Any hydrolase that hydrolyses glycerides


glycanohydrolase

(biochemistry) Any hydrolase that hydrolyses a glycan


mannosylphosphoryltransferase

(biochemistry) Any transferase that transfers mannosyl phosphate residues


monophosphokinase

(biochemistry) Any kinase that transfers a single phosphate group


nitrophenylphosphatase

(biochemistry) Any phosphatase that hydrolyses nitrophenyl phosphate


nucleosidase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a nucleoside, separating the base and the sugar


peroxygenase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the formation of an alcohol by reaction with hydrogen peroxide


prepilin peptidase

prepilin peptidase (plural prepilin peptidases)

(biochemistry) An enzyme that removes a signal peptide from maturing pilins


propionylcholinesterase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of propionylcholine


pseudoisoenzyme

(biochemistry) A variant conformation of an enzyme (that appears to be an isoenzyme)


pyrophosphokinase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that transfers pyrophosphate (diphosphate)


pyrophosphotransferase

(biochemistry) Synonym of pyrophosphokinase


transamidase

(biochemistry) Any transferase that transfers an amide group.


otubain

CysP9 contains a single large ovarian tumor (OTU) domain suggesting it may belong to the otubain or peptidase_C65, and possibly possess functions similar to deubiquitinating enzymes of the peptidase_C65 family.

2015 July 6, “Identification, Characterization and Down-Regulation of Cysteine Protease Genes in Tobacco for Use in Recombinant Protein Production”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(biochemistry) Any of a family of proteases associated with ovarian tumours


lumazine synthase

DNA vaccines encoding ribosomal L7/L12, lumazine synthase (BLS), P39 (a putative periplasmic binding protein), Omp16 (outer membrane protein) and BAB1_0278 genes have demonstrated to confer protection against B. abortus challenge in mice.

2015 July 8, Elaine MS Dorneles, Nammalwar Sriranganathan, Andrey P. Lage, “Recent advances in Brucella abortus vaccines”, in Veterinary Research, volume 46, →DOI:

(biochemistry) An enzyme, involved in riboflavin biosynthesis, that catalyzes the chemical reaction 1-deoxy-L-glycero-tetrulose 4-phosphate + 5-amino-6-(D-ribitylamino)uracil ⇌ 6,7-dimethyl-8-(D-ribityl)lumazine + 2 H₂O + phosphate.


phosphate acetyltransferase

(biochemistry) A transferase enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction acetyl-CoA + phosphate ⇌ CoA + acetyl phosphate.


acylphosphatase

This is the case of acylphosphatase from Drosophila melanogaster (AcPDro2).

2015 April 16, Rafael Zambrano et al., “AGGRESCAN3D (A3D): server for prediction of aggregation properties of protein structures”, in Nucleic Acids Research, volume 43, →DOI:

(biochemistry, organic chemistry) The enzyme acylphosphate phosphohydrolase.


cytohelicase

The root tips were digested in a pectolytic enzyme mixture [0.1% (w/v) pectolyase Y23 (Duchefa, Haarlem, the Netherlands), 0.1% (w/v) cellulase onozuka RS (Duchefa, Haarlem, the Netherlands) and 0.1% (w/v) cytohelicase (Sigma-Aldrich, Steinheim, Germany)] in 10 mM citrate buffer (10mM tri sodium citrate + 10 mM citrate, pH 4.5) at 37 °C for 1 h.

2015, Prabhu Shankar Lakshmanan et al., “Karyotype analysis and visualization of 45S rRNA genes using fluorescence in situ hybridization in aroids (Araceae)”, in Comparative Cytogenetics, volume 9, →DOI:

(biochemistry) A form of glucanase isolated from Helix pomatia


sulfurylase

The mechanism underlying the enhanced S assimilation may be upregulated expression of genes involved in S/Se assimilation, particularly ATP sulfurylase and APS reductase [33,180].

2015, Lenny H.E. Winkel et al., “Selenium Cycling Across Soil-Plant-Atmosphere Interfaces: A Critical Review”, in Nutrients, volume 7, →DOI:

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of sulfate, typically to a form of ATP


transglucosylase

(biochemistry) A transglycosylase that transfers glucosyl groups


endotransglucosylase

The expression of genes encoding a pectinesterase, a pectate lyase and a xyloglucan endotransglucosylase hydrolase (Solyc12g008530)

2015 July 2, Ye JHu TYang CLi HYang MIjaz Ret al., “Transcriptome Profiling of Tomato Fruit Development Reveals Transcription Factors Associated with Ascorbic Acid, Carotenoid and Flavonoid Biosynthesis”, in PLOS ONE, volume 10, number 7, →DOI:

(biochemistry) An endocytic transglucosylase.


ferrireductase

Furthermore, Fe 3+ is reduced to Fe 2+ by a ferrireductase in the endosomal membrane, the six transmembrane epithelial antigen of the prostate 3 [9, 10 ].

2015 July 11, “Fe(III) Is Essential for Porcine Embryonic Development via Mitochondrial Function Maintenance”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that reduces ferric iron to ferrous, often as a byproduct of another operation


metallohydrolase

The catalytic role of metal ions in metallohydrolases, such as carboxypeptidase, can be explained in two alternative ways […]

1977, “Intramolecular catalysis of ester hydrolysis by metal complexed hydroxide ion. Acyl oxygen bond scission in cobalt (2+) and nickel (2+) carboxylic acid complexes”, in Journal of the American Chemical Society, volume 99, number 16, page 5341:

Such metallohydrolases are thought to critically alter mucus properties.

2015 July 11, “The Goblet Cell Protein Clca1 (Alias mClca3 or Gob-5) Is Not Required for Intestinal Mucus Synthesis, Structure and Barrier Function in Naive or DSS-Challenged Mice”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(biochemistry) Any metalloenzyme that is a hydrolase.


drosha

Most miRNAs arise from very long transcripts known as primary miRNA (pri-miRNA) by drosha and its cofactor DGCR8 (DiGeorge syndrome critical region gene 8) in nucleus converting it to ~70-100 bp precursor miRNA (pre-miRNA).

2015 July 8, Hamid Ali Khan et al., “Identification of miRNAs during mouse postnatal ovarian development and superovulation”, in Journal of Ovarian Research, volume 8, →DOI:

(biochemistry) An RNA-specific endoribonuclease


superoxidase

Furthermore, wedelolactone also increased the activities of superoxidase dismutase (SOD) and glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) and decreased the level of the lipid peroxidation product malondialdehyde (MDA) in the liver, therefore decreasing the activity of alanine aminotransferase (ALT).

2015 July 14, “Wedelolactone Regulates Lipid Metabolism and Improves Hepatic Steatosis Partly by AMPK Activation and Up-Regulation of Expression of PPARα/LPL and LDLR”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

superoxide dismutase
superoxide dismutase#English

(biochemistry) Synonym of superoxide dismutase


antioxidase

Activities of antioxidase were also altered after cold stress treatment, precisely, SOD and APX activities were elevated under cold stress in Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.)

2015 July 16, “Physiological and Molecular Mechanism of Nitric Oxide (NO) Involved in Bermudagrass Response to Cold Stress”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that reduces the effects of an oxidase and counters oxidative stress


sulfonase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses a sulfonation reaction


(biochemistry) An enzyme involved in the first major step of carbon fixation.


Janus kinase

Shortened from just another kinase (being part of a large number of discoveries at the time); see Janus.

(biochemistry) Any of a family of intracellular non-receptor tyrosine kinases that transduce cytokine-mediated signals via the JAK-STAT pathway.


chitotriosidase

All three patients showed maintenance of platelets, hemoglobin and plasma chitotriosidase during a period of 4 to 8 years of subsequent miglustat therapy.

2015 June 23, Christine Serratrice, Laure Swiader, Jacques Serratrice, “Switching from imiglucerase to miglustat for the treatment of French patients with Gaucher disease type 1: a case series”, in Journal of Medical Case Reports, volume 9, →DOI:

(biochemistry) A chitinase whose activity is elevated in serum of patients suffering from lipid storage disorders


phosphoenzyme

Indeed, every reaction step measured in the Na,K-ATPase reaction cycle was significantly affected by the concentration of cholesterol: the phosphoenzyme levels increased, the apparent ATP affinity increased, the cytoplasmic Na + activation was inhibited at high Na + concentrations, and the rate of phosphorylation and of spontaneous and K + -activated dephosphorylation increased[51 –53 ].

2015 July 22, “Effects of Iron Overload on the Activity of Na,K-ATPase and Lipid Profile of the Human Erythrocyte Membrane”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(biochemistry) The phosphorylated form of an enzyme


zymolyase

zymolyase (usually uncountable, plural zymolyases)

We show here that Mkk2 mediates the phosphorylation of the Mkc1 MAPK in response to cell wall assembly interfering agents such as zymolyase or tunicamycin and also to oxidative stress.

2015 July 22, “The Mkk2 MAPKK Regulates Cell Wall Biogenesis in Cooperation with the Cek1-Pathway in Candida albicans”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(biochemistry) A commercial enzyme preparation that lyses the cell walls of yeast cells.


keratanase

(C) Immunoblotting of whole brain homogenates with the indicated antibodies following sequential digestion of the lysate with chondroitinase ABC, endo-β-galactosidase and keratanase I, SDS-PAGE on 5–15% gradient gels under non-reducing conditions, and transfer onto nitrocellulose membranes.

2009 February 11, Daniela Virgintino et al., “Differential distribution of aggrecan isoforms in perineuronal nets of the human cerebral cortex”, in Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, volume 13, →DOI:

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a keratan sulfate


glycosynthase

To control Fc N-glycans, we performed a rearrangement of Fc N-glycans from a heterogeneous N-glycosylation pattern to homogeneous N-glycans using chemoenzymatic approaches with two types of endo-β-N-acetyl glucosaminidases (ENG’ases), one that works as a hydrolase to cleave all heterogeneous N-glycans, another that is used as a glycosynthase to generate homogeneous N-glycans.

2015 July 23, “Glycoengineered Monoclonal Antibodies with Homogeneous Glycan (M3, G0, G2, and A2) Using a Chemoenzymatic Approach Have Different Affinities for FcγRIIIa and Variable Antibody-Dependent Cellular Cytotoxicity Activities”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the formation of a glycoside.


rhamnosyltransferase

In addition, another gene having the function of flavonol 3- O -galactoside (1 → 4) rhamnosyltransferase remains to be cloned.

2015 May 23, Shaokang Di et al., “Linkage mapping, molecular cloning and functional analysis of soybean gene Fg3 encoding flavonol 3-O-glucoside/galactoside (1 → 2) glucosyltransferase”, in BMC Plant Biology, volume 15, →DOI:

(biochemistry) Any transferase that transfers a rhamnosyl group


adenain

The LC-MS/MS analysis of proteinase K treated CsCl 2 density gradient purified TAdV-3 virions identified eleven virus-encoded proteins (hexon, pVI, pVII, penton base, pVIII, sialidase, IIIA, adenain, pX, IVa2 and DBP) previously reported to be in other adenoviruses (Table 3 and Figure 3 A).

2015 July 9, Pankaj Kumar et al., “Proteomic analysis of purified turkey adenovirus 3 virions”, in Veterinary Research, volume 46, →DOI:

(biochemistry) An endopeptidase that catalyses the cleavage of adenovirus proteins


endoneuraminidase

endoneuraminidase (usually uncountable, plural endoneuraminidases)

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyses the endohydrolysis of (2->8)-alpha-sialosyl linkages in oligo- or poly(sialic) acids.


fucoidanase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyses the endohydrolysis of (1->2)-alpha-L-fucoside linkages in fucoidan without release of sulfate.


endogalactosaminidase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyses the endohydrolysis of (1->4)-alpha-D-galactosaminidic linkages in poly(D-galactosamine).


mycodextranase

mycodextranase (usually uncountable, plural mycodextranases)

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyses the endohydrolysis of (1->4)-alpha-D-glucosidic linkages in alpha-D-glucans containing both (1->3)- and (1->4)-bonds.


chitosanase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyses the endohydrolysis of beta-(1->4)-linkages between D-glucosamine residues in a partly acetylated chitosan.


feraxanase

feraxan endoxylanase
feraxan endoxylanase#English

(biochemistry) Synonym of feraxan endoxylanase


endoglycosylceramidase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction oligoglycosylglucosylceramide + H₂O ⇌ ceramide + oligoglycosylglucose.


endozymatic

(biochemistry) Relating to an endoenzyme


methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase

(biochemistry) The rate-limiting enzyme in the methyl cycle, which catalyzes the conversion of 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate to 5-methyltetrahydrofolate.


exocarboxypeptidase

All of these results clearly indicated that both DPP-IV and peptidase (s) (at least exocarboxypeptidase M) contributed to the ex vivo instability of two active GLP-1 peptides, similar to the observation of the peptides in their in vivo metabolism [38 ].

2015 July 30, “Degradation and Stabilization of Peptide Hormones in Human Blood Specimens”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(biochemistry) An exoenzyme carboxypeptidase


ectopeptidase

Considering the interaction of DPPIV/CD26 with extracellular matrix components and through regulation of E-cadherin, matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), and tissue inhibitors of matrix metalloproteinases (TIMPs), it remains to be more clearly established whether tumor progression is more affected by the ectopeptidase activity or non-proteolytic mechanisms.

2015 July 30, “Differential Expression and Enzymatic Activity of DPPIV/CD26 Affects Migration Ability of Cervical Carcinoma Cells”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:


cyanophycinase

cyanophycinase (countable and uncountable, plural cyanophycinases)

However, our findings showed no differential expression of the cyanophycinase genes (cphA, cphB) responsible for this process in response to irradiation, confirming that the cells did not seem to experience N-limitation.

2015 August 27, “Temporal Gene Expression of the Cyanobacterium Arthrospira in Response to Gamma Rays”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyzes the reaction [L-Asp(4-L-Arg)]ₙ + H₂O ⇌ [L-Asp(4-L-Arg)]ₙ₋₁ + L-Asp(4-L-Arg).


baicalinase

One baicalinase and three baicalein 7-O-glucuronosyltransferases genes potentially involved in the transformation between baicalin/wogonoside and baicalein/wogonin were identified.

2015 August 29, “Deep Sequencing of the Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi Transcriptome Reveals Flavonoid Biosynthetic Profiling and Organ-Specific Gene Expression”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyses the chemical reaction baicalin + H₂O ⇌ baicalein + D-glucuronate.


cytidyltransferase

In the CDP-choline pathway, externally added or endogenous choline is stepwise incorporated through phosphorylation by choline kinase and activation with CTP by phosphocholine cytidyltransferase.

2015 August 5, “Phosphatidylcholine Supply to Peroxisomes of the Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(biochemistry) Any transferase that transfers a cytidyl group


homocysteinase

Of our 30 genes, glutamate synthase and adenosyl homocysteinase were used for multiple gene analysis by Koufopanou et al.

2015 August 5, “Selection of Orthologous Genes for Construction of a Highly Resolved Phylogenetic Tree and Clarification of the Phylogeny of Trichosporonales Species”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the breakdown of homocysteine


oxacillinase

(biochemistry) Any of the OXA group of beta-lactamases, found mainly in Acinetobacter species.


endolysin

Some phages lyse their hosts using a holin-endolysin system; however, in others, there is no interaction between the holin and the endolysin genes in host lysis [ 47 ].

2015 July 28, Tasha M. Santiago-Rodriguez et al., “Transcriptome analysis of bacteriophage communities in periodontal health and disease”, in BMC Genomics, volume 16, →DOI:


autohydrolysis

(chemistry) hydrolysis using water alone (often at high temperatures)

FlhB undergoes asparagine-mediated autohydrolysis at N269-P270 [12 ,13 ].

2015 August 6, “Weak Interactions between Salmonella enterica FlhB and Other Flagellar Export Apparatus Proteins Govern Type III Secretion Dynamics”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(biochemistry) hydrolysis of a peptide or enzyme catalyzed by itself


legumain

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of proteins and small-molecule substrates at -Asn-Xaa- bonds.


glucanosyltransferase

(biochemistry) Any transferase that transfers glucanosyl groups


beta-glucosidase

(biochemistry) A glucosidase enzyme, located on the brush border of the small intestine, that acts upon β1->4 bonds linking two glucose or glucose-substituted molecules.


metzincin

(biochemistry) Any of a family of protease enzymes with a zinc ion in their active sites.


endoxylanase

(biochemistry) Any xylanase that operates within a cell


glycoaminidase

We therefore treated the samples with PNGase F, a glycoaminidase capable of cleaving asparagine and N-acetylglucosamine residues in order to focus on quantitative analysis of the deglycosylated C1 without significant interference from the IgG band.

2015 September 2, “Prion Protein Protects against Renal Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(biochemistry) A glycosidase that catalyses the hydrolysis of an N-linked glycoside


acetamidase

The first equivalent system in mycobacteria, the acetamide-inducible system based on the Mycobacterium smegmatis (Msmeg) endogenous acetamidase promoter [13 ], was developed as late as in 1997.

2015 September 9, “Benzoic Acid-Inducible Gene Expression in Mycobacteria”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(biochemistry) Any amidase that acts on an acetamide unit


matriptase

matriptase (usually uncountable, plural matriptases)

From matri- (because of its use in treating breast cancer) + tryp(sin) + -ase?

af

Stoichiometric release of 6-amidino-2-naphthol allowed highly sensitive fluorometric estimation of active-site concentration in preparations of matriptase and tryptase.

2015 October 21, “Divergent Inhibitor Susceptibility among Airway Lumen-Accessible Tryptic Proteases”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(biochemistry) An enzyme that cleaves various kinds of synthetic substrate.


polysaccharase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that degrades/hydrolyses a polysaccharide.


gluzincin

(biochemistry) Any of a particular class of metalloprotease containing glutamic acid and zinc


cephalosporinase

Resistance to β-lactams is mainly due to enzymatic degradation by a chromosomal cephalosporinase, plasmid-mediated broad spectrum β-lactamases, and recently acquired carbapenemases [4, 6, 7, 9 –14 ].

2015 September 24, “In Vivo Evolution of Bacterial Resistance in Two Cases of Enterobacter aerogenes Infections during Treatment with Imipenem”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that hydrolyses (the lactam ring of a ) cephalosporin


deglycosylase

To deglycosylate the WT hENT1 and ∆IL6, 100 μg of the proteins were incubated with 10 μl of the deglycosylase mix (NEB) at 37°C and analyzed by SDS-PAGE. Each experiment was performed in triplicate on different batches of oocytes.

2015 September 26, “The Role of Flexible Loops in Folding, Trafficking and Activity of Equilibrative Nucleoside Transporters”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the removal of glycosyl groups


fructosyltransferase

The fructosyltransferase activity was 1.9 U mg −1, where 1 unit is the amount of enzyme required to perform the transfer of 1 μmol of fructose per minute at a working temperature of 37°C and a sucrose concentration of 100 g L −1 at pH 6.0 (50 mM potassium phosphate buffer).

2015 September 26, “Valorization of Cheese and Tofu Whey through Enzymatic Synthesis of Lactosucrose”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(biochemistry) Any transferase that catalyses the transfer of a fructosyl group


fructosidase

Levansucrase expressed a specific fructosidase activity of 2.9 units per milligram (U mg -1 ), where 1 unit is defined as the amount of enzyme releasing 1 μmol of glucose per minute at a working temperature of 37°C and a sucrose concentration of 100 g L −1 at pH 6.0 (50 mM potassium phosphate buffer).

(biochemistry) Any glycosidase that catalyses the hydrolysis of a fructoside


metalloaminopeptidase

Interestingly, some of them contain chemical scaffolds already associated with other metalloaminopeptidase inhibitors, providing a further validation of the computational results.

2015 September 26, “Identification and Validation of a Potent Dual Inhibitor of the P . falciparum M1 and M17 Aminopeptidases Using Virtual Screening”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(biochemistry) Any metalloenzymatic aminopeptidase


angiokinase

We believe that this study could provide a basis for developing angiokinase inhibitors having high affinity for the epidermal growth factor receptor, from the pyrimidine scaffold.

2015 September 25, “Structure-Activity Relationship of Indole-Tethered Pyrimidine Derivatives that Concurrently Inhibit Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor and Other Angiokinases”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that promotes angiogenesis


fungalysin

(biochemistry) Any of a class of metallopeptidases found in mushrooms of the genus Coprinopsis.


polysialyltransferase

Considering gene function, ST8SIA2 could be related to the putative pathological mechanism of both schizophrenia and BD. Animal studies have shown that the amount of polySia synthesized by polysialyltransferase encoded by ST8SIA2 is crucial during brain development [42, 43 ].

2015 September 30, “Association between ST8SIA2 and the Risk of Schizophrenia and Bipolar I Disorder across Diagnostic Boundaries”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(biochemistry) Any transferase that promotes polysialylation


monophenolase

Then the inhibitory effects of the three compounds on monophenolase activity of tyrosinase were also determined.

2015 October 1, “Synthesis of Triazole Schiff’s Base Derivatives and Their Inhibitory Kinetics on Tyrosinase Activity”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of simple phenols


casease

(biochemistry) An exoenzyme that hydrolyzes casein.


antiterminator

Our results demonstrated up-regulation of tagatose pathway genes, Leloir pathway genes, lactose-specific IIA & IIBC component encoding genes (lacF2and lacE2), and the lacT gene, encoding a transcriptional antiterminator.

2015 October 3, “The Small Molecule DAM Inhibitor, Pyrimidinedione, Disrupts Streptococcus pneumoniae Biofilm Growth In Vitro”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that promotes antitermination


peptase

en-noun

peptase (countable and uncountable, plural peptases)

(biochemistry) A form of pepsin obtained from malt.


metalloelastase

metalloelastase (countable and uncountable, plural metalloelastases)

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of soluble and insoluble elastin.


cytidylyltransferase

The CDP-choline pathway can occur in all nucleated cells and is involved in producing PC from choline, ATP, CTP and diacylglycerol, catalyzed by the enzymes choline kinase, choline-phosphate cytidylyltransferase and diacylglycerol cholinephosphotransferase [44 ].

2015 October 22, “Influence of Development and Dietary Phospholipid Content and Composition on Intestinal Transcriptome of Atlantic Salmon ( Salmo salar )”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(biochemistry) Any transferase that transfers a cytidylyl group


glycotransferase

CG33303 is predicted to have the dolichyl-diphosphooligosachharide-protein glycotransferase activity based on its similarity with human Ribophorin I. As candidates from this class show differential effect on different tendon cell clusters i.e. dorsal-anterior and posterior tendon cell cluster it would be interesting to investigate their role in specifying these tendon cell clusters.

2015 October 22, “A Tendon Cell Specific RNAi Screen Reveals Novel Candidates Essential for Muscle Tendon Interaction”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of a sugar moiety


triphosphohydrolase

A key player of this restriction is the sterile alpha motif-hydroxylase domain 1 protein (SAMHD1, [6 ,7 ,14 ], a dGTP-dependent deoxynucleotide triphosphohydrolase that maintains dNTPs at concentrations that are limiting for efficient reverse transcription [5 ,16 ,17 ,18 ,19 ,20 ]).

2015 October 24, “The Frequency of Cytidine Editing of Viral DNA Is Differentially Influenced by Vpx and Nucleosides during HIV-1 or SIV MAC Infection of Dendritic Cells”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(biochemistry) Any hydrolase that catalyses the hydrolysis of triphosphates


GAR

glutathione amide reductase
glutathione amide reductase#English

(biochemistry) Initialism of glutathione amide reductase.


endocellulase

(biochemistry) Any cellulase that hydrolyses glycoside links within (rather than at the ends of) cellulose chains.


glycosaminidase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of chitin or similar amino-polysaccharides


ketolase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that cleaves carbohydratea at the ketone (carbonyl) position


phosphoesterase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a phosphate enzyme.


metallophosphoesterase

(biochemistry) Any phosphoesterase that is a metalloenzyme


succinylase

The succinylase branch utilizes succinyl-CoA to generate succinylated intermediates; similarly the acetylase branch utilizes acetyl-CoA to produce acetylated intermediates.

2015 November 7, “Identification of Small-Molecule Inhibitors against Meso -2, 6-Diaminopimelate Dehydrogenase from Porphyromonas gingivalis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the formation of succinate esters


rhamnosidase

In particular, the rhamnosidase from Lactobacillus acidophilus was able to efficiently degrade flavanone and flavonol glycosides such as hesperidin, naringin and rutin [11 ].

2015 November 7, “Lactobacillus acidophilus —Rutin Interplay Investigated by Proteomics”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a rhamnoside.


xylulokinase

xylulokinase (countable and uncountable, plural xylulokinases)

(biochemistry) A transferase enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction ATP + D-xylulose ⇌ ADP + D-xylulose 5-phosphate.


glycosulfatase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the removal of sulfate from a glycoprotein


amylomaltase

On the other hand, Kotoński and Sobiech [14 ] found a lower amylomaltase activity in the red and white muscles of carp during winter, when compared to that in summer.

2015 November 12, “The Activity of Neutral α-Glucosidase and Selected Biochemical Parameters in the Annual Cycle of Breeding Carp ( Cyprinus carpio L.)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the transglycosylation of maltose or maltodextrins


polyglutamylase

polyglutamylase (countable and uncountable, plural polyglutamylases)

Tubulin tyrosine ligase-like (TTLL) proteins show polyglutamylase activity for tubulin in mammalian cells.

2015 November 13, “Polyglutamylated Tubulin Binding Protein C1orf96/CSAP Is Involved in Microtubule Stabilization in Mitotic Spindles”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes polyglutamylation.


protelomerase

The parental pDNA (Fig 3) is composed of an^([sic]) eukaryotic expression cassette flanked by two multi-target sites, called "Super Sequence" (SS), acting as recognition sites for PY54 bacteriophage derived Tel protelomerase.

2015 November 13, “Physical Characterization of Gemini Surfactant-Based Synthetic Vectors for the Delivery of Linear Covalently Closed (LCC) DNA Ministrings”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that generates and protects "hairpin" telomeres


endopolygalacturonase

(biochemistry) Any endocytic polygalacturonase


endoperoxidase

COX called also as prostaglandin endoperoxidase synthase is a membrane—bound hemoprotein and glycoprotein enzyme that catalyzes conversion of cell membrane phospholipids, involved in the synthesis of prostanoids comprising: prostaglandin (PG), prostacyclin (PGI) and the thromboxanes (TXA) and exists as 3 isoforms (COX-1, -2 and -3).

2015 November 26, “The Influence of Prolonged Acetylsalicylic Acid Supplementation-Induced Gastritis on the Neurochemistry of the Sympathetic Neurons Supplying Prepyloric Region of the Porcine Stomach”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(biochemistry) Any peroxidase that is associated with an endoperoxide


iodinase

iodinase (countable and uncountable, plural iodinases)

(biochemistry) Synonym of thyroperoxidase


neurotrypsin

The generation and genotyping of neurotrypsin KO mice has been previously described [22 ].

2015 December 3, “C-Terminal Fragment of Agrin (CAF): A Novel Marker for Progression of Kidney Disease in Type 2 Diabetics”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(biochemistry) A serine peptidase stored in presynaptic nerve endings


metalloendoprotease

Following fertilization, ZP2 undergoes proteolytic cleavage by an oocyte-specific astacin-like metalloendoprotease, first reported as ovastacin (citation), released from the cortical granules, and sperm no longer bind to mouse embryos [22 ].

2015 December 4, “Melamine Impairs Female Fertility via Suppressing Protein Level of Juno in Mouse Eggs”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(biochemistry) any endoprotease that is a metalloenzyme


refoldase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes refolding of a protein


hemocoagulase

The present study found that patients with postoperative fibrinogen deficiency experienced more operative blood loss and a higher rate of postoperative intracranial hematoma, and they were given more blood transfusions, more plasma transfusions, and were administered larger doses of hemocoagulase compared with patients without postoperative fibrinogen deficiency.

2015 December 12, “Risk Factors for Postoperative Fibrinogen Deficiency after Surgical Removal of Intracranial Tumors”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(biochemistry) An enzyme, typically isolated from snake venom, that catalyzes the coagulation of the blood and therefore stops bleeding


deacylase

They exhibit a diverse range of functional categories that include porin, transporter, adhesin, lipase, protease, deacylase, pore-forming toxin, and assembly factors [2 ,3 ].

2015 December 23, “PredβTM: A Novel β-Transmembrane Region Prediction Algorithm”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(biochemistry) Any hydrolase that removes an acyl group by hydrolysis


inulosucrase

(biochemistry) Any transferase that catalyzes the transfer of a fructose moiety from sucrose to inulin


phytoceramidase

PHS can be converted to PHC followed by a mechanism similar to that between DHS and DHC, but the reverse reaction is catalyzed by the specific enzyme phytoceramidase.

2016 January 20, “Analysis of the Involvement of Different Ceramide Variants in the Response to Hydroxyurea Stress in Baker's Yeast”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(biochemistry) A ceramidase that acts upon phytoceramides


rhamnogalacturonase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a rhamnogalacturonan.


xylogalacturonase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a xylogalacturonan.


metalloreductase

For plants, no corresponding metalloreductase has so far been found [58 ] indicating that the main storage form of iron in the vacuole appears to be complexed Fe(II).

2016 January 23, “The Organization of Controller Motifs Leading to Robust Plant Iron Homeostasis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(biochemistry) Any reductase that is a metalloenzyme


thymidylyltransferase

There are four genes, rmlB (dTDP-glucose 4, 6-dehydratase), rmlD (dTDP-4-dehydrorhamnose reductase), rmlA (glucose-1-phosphate thymidylyltransferase), and rmlC (dTDP-4-dehydrorhamnose 3,5-epimerase) that are involved in the biosynthesis of dTDP-L-rhamnose.

2016 January 30, “Comparison of O-Antigen Gene Clusters of All O-Serogroups of Escherichia coli and Proposal for Adopting a New Nomenclature for O-Typing”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(biochemistry) Any transferase that transfers a thymidylyl or thymidyl group.


DPD

dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase
dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase#English

(biochemistry) Initialism of dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase.


epylisin

The most notable gene in this cluster is MMP28, which encodes epylisin, a novel human matrix metalloproteinase expressed in keratinocytes and associated with cell proliferation during repair after response to epithelial injury [23, 24 ].

2016 February 6, “Molecular and Cellular Profiling of Scalp Psoriasis Reveals Differences and Similarities Compared to Skin Psoriasis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(biochemistry) A particular human matrix metalloproteinase


dephosphatase

Indeed, PKC CK2α has been shown to selectively phosphorylate DUSP6 and increase its dephosphatase activity [49 ].

2016 February 10, “Differential Roles for DUSP Family Members in Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition and Cancer Stem Cell Regulation in Breast Cancer”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:


destabilase

destabilase (countable and uncountable, plural destabilases)

Amino acid residues contributing to substrate binding are indicated by empty circles, those contributing to destabilase activity are indicated by black diamonds and those contributing to a potential dimerization are indicated by empty squares.

2016 February 17, “Multiple I-Type Lysozymes in the Hydrothermal Vent Mussel Bathymodiolus azoricus and Their Role in Symbiotic Plasticity”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(biochemistry) A form of lysozyme (isopeptidase) found in the secretions from the salivary glands of medicinal leeches


papayotin

(biochemistry) A proteolytic enzyme found in the papaw, resembling papain in its action.


galactanase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a galactan


endogalactanase

(biochemistry) Any endocytic galactanase


endoarabinanase

100 μl reactions were carried out containing equal volumes of buffered substrate (pH 4.5) and suitably diluted culture filtrate which were then incubated at 40°C for 1 h in the case of the endoarabinanase, endo-1,4-β-glucanase and endo-1,4-β-xylanase activities and 16 h for the endo-1,4-β-galactanase and rhamnogalacturonan activities.

2015 August 1, Isabelle Benoit et al., “Closely related fungi employ diverse enzymatic strategies to degrade plant biomass”, in Biotechnology for Biofuels, volume 8, →DOI:

(biochemistry) Any endocytic arabinanase


retrotranscriptase

DNA microarrays are particularly useful tools in this aspect: after collecting RNA samples from either tissue or cell cultures, cDNA is produced via a retrotranscriptase and hybridized with DNA probes attached to the surface of a manufactured chip.

2015 July 7, Yunlong Hou et al., “Animal Models and “Omics” Technologies for Identification of Novel Biomarkers and Drug Targets to Prevent Heart Failure”, in BioMed Research International, volume 2015, →DOI:

reverse transcriptase
reverse transcriptase#English

(biochemistry) Synonym of reverse transcriptase.


rhamnogalacturonanase

Endoarabinanase, endo-1,4-β-glucanase (cellulase), endo-1,4-β-galactanase and rhamnogalacturonanase activities were measured using 20 mg/ml of Red Debranched Arabinan (S-RDAR), Azo-CM-cellulose (S-ACMC), Azo-galactan (S-AGALP) and AZ-rhamnogalacturonan (S-AZRH), respectively.

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a rhamnogalacturonan


ceriation

Furthermore, the method used for the ceriation of the Rh catalyst […]

2016, Challa S.S.R. Kumar, X-ray and Neutron Techniques for Nanomaterials Characterization:

(chemistry) The addition of cerium (especially to a metal catalyst).


cholinephosphotransferase

In addition to de novo DAG that is generated via the Kennedy pathway, DAG precursors for TAG synthesis can also be derived from PC by the reversible action of two enzymes, PC:DAG cholinephosphotransferase (PDCT/ROD1; [ 65 ] and/or cytidine-5′-diphosphocholine:DAG cholinephosphotransferase (CPT; [ 66, 67 ].

2015 August 16, Aruna Kilaru et al., “Oil biosynthesis in a basal angiosperm: transcriptome analysis of Persea Americana mesocarp”, in BMC Plant Biology, volume 15, →DOI:

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the transfer of phosphocholine (in a glyceride)


sphingosinokinase

For the other S1P species, the the^([sic]) mostly important is sphingosinokinase (SK) in the reticulum, inner membrane and nucleus, respectively.

2015 August 15, Weronika Wronowska et al., “Computational modeling of sphingolipid metabolism”, in BMC Systems Biology, volume 9, →DOI:


megasynthase

A long, multi-domain olefin megasynthase was translationally coupled to a reporter protein or antibiotic resistance marker as a way to monitor and improve its translation elongation via synonymous codon mutations ( 34 ).

2015 June 27, Tian Tian, Howard M. Salis, “A predictive biophysical model of translational coupling to coordinate and control protein expression in bacterial operons”, in Nucleic Acids Research, volume 43, →DOI:

(biochemistry) A large, complex synthase (that produces a specific natural product as if on an assembly line)


isopentenyltransferase

The rate-limiting step for cytokinin biosynthesis involves a group of isopentenyltransferase (IPT) enzymes.

2015 April 23, Simon Moore et al., “Spatiotemporal modelling of hormonal crosstalk explains the level and patterning of hormones and gene expression in Arabidopsis thaliana wild-type and mutant roots”, in The New Phytologist, volume 207, →DOI:

(biochemistry) Any transferase that catalyses the transfer of an isopentenyl group


hemoglobinase

H11 and H-gal-GP are believed to be components of the hemoglobinase complex in the H. contortus adult gut responsible for digestion of the ingested host hemoglobin and are regarded as hidden antigens not exposed to the host immune system [ 9, 16, 17 ].

2015 August 19, Christian Heim et al., “Inhibition of Haemonchus contortus larval development by fungal lectins”, in Parasites & Vectors, volume 8, →DOI:

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the breakdown of hemoglobin


endoglycoceramidase

Results of analyzing Exo1 with the InterProScan [ 24 ] software at the Carbohydrate Active Enzymes database ( http://www.cazy.org/ ) [ 38 ], suggests that Exo1 belongs to the Glycoside Hydrolase Family 5 (GH5), which includes enzymes with cellulase or xylanase activity [i.e., endoglucanase (Enzyme Commission number [ 39 ]: EC 3.2.1.4), xylanase (EC 3.2.1.8), exo-1,3-glucanase (EC 3.2.1.58), endo-1,6-glucanase (EC 3.2.1.75), β-mannanase (EC 3.2.1.78), and endoglycoceramidase (EC 3.2.1.123)].

2015 August 11, Angsana Keeratijarut et al., “The Immunoreactive Exo-1,3-β-Glucanase from the Pathogenic Oomycete Pythium insidiosum Is Temperature Regulated and Exhibits Glycoside Hydrolase Activity”, in PLoS ONE, volume 10, →DOI:

(biochemistry) A membrane-asociated endocytic glycosidase


glycerophosphodiesterase

As a first application, we have simulated the diffuse scattering produced by alternative TLS refinements of the glycerophosphodiesterase GpdQ (Jackson et al., 2007 ▸ ).

2015 July 28, Andrew H. Van Benschoten et al., “Predicting X-ray diffuse scattering from translation–libration–screw structural ensembles”, in Acta Crystallographica Section D: Biological Crystallography, volume 71, →DOI:

(biochemistry) Any enzyme (such as a lecithinase) that catalyses the hydrolysis of a glycerophosphodiester


diphosphohydrolase

A recent study reported that the endoplasmic reticulum enzyme ectonucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolase 5 stimulates ATP consumption and favors aerobic glycolysis, thereby promoting cancer cell survival [ 30 ].

2015 August 18, Somin Lee et al., “High Inorganic Phosphate Intake Promotes Tumorigenesis at Early Stages in a Mouse Model of Lung Cancer”, in PLoS ONE, volume 10, →DOI:

(biochemistry) Any phosphohydrolase that catalyses the removal of two phosphate groups (typically from a triphosphate)


pentapeptidase

VanY, a d -Ala- d -Ala-specific pentapeptidase, evolved into VanXY through acquisition of the “bisubstrate loop,” which added hydrolysis of d -Ala- d -Ala to that of a d -Ala- d -Ala-containing pentapeptide.

2015 August 11, Djalal Meziane-Cherif et al., “Structural and Functional Adaptation of Vancomycin Resistance VanT Serine Racemases”, in mBio, volume 6, →DOI:

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a pentapeptide


sulfamidase

Continuous secretion of hASA into the CSF of wild-type (C57BL/6J) mice was seen, and the levels were sustainable, similar to sustained secretion of sulfamidase in mucopolysaccharidosis type IIIA dogs 6 .

2015 August 18, Kohei Hironaka et al., “Enzyme replacement in the CSF to treat metachromatic leukodystrophy in mouse model using single intracerebroventricular injection of self-complementary AAV1 vector”, in Scientific Reports, volume 5, →DOI:

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the removal of sulfate groups from carbohydrates such as mucopolysaccharides


disaggregase

Another small molecule, Hsp104,a protein disaggregase, can rapidly resolubilize denatured protein aggregates and restore function of proteins [ 94, 95 ].

2014 July 4, Zhe Long, Beisha Tang, Hong Jiang, “Alleviating neurodegeneration in Drosophila models of PolyQ diseases”, in Cerebellum & Ataxias, volume 1, →DOI:

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that breaks up protein aggregates


imipenemase

In addition to KPC, several other carbapenemases have been identified in the United States: New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase (NDM), oxacillinase (OXA), Verona integron–encoded metallo-β-lactamase (VIM), and imipenemase (IMP) ( 5, 6 ).

2015, Nora Chea et al., “Improved Phenotype-Based Definition for Identifying Carbapenemase Producers among Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae”, in Emerging Infectious Diseases, volume 21, →DOI:

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the breakdown of imipenem


chromomethylase

For the families DNMT2, DNMT3 and chromomethylase, these values are 65, 36–52%, and 53–60%, respectively, for both species.

2015 August 18, Clelia De-la-Peña et al., “The role of chromatin modifications in somatic embryogenesis in plants”, in Frontiers in Plant Science, volume 6, →DOI:

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the methylation of chromatin


monoubiquitinase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses monoubiquitination


transsialidase

One of the earliest events of multiple modifications of LDL is a desialylation of lipoprotein glycoconjugates caused by the transsialidase circulating in the blood [ 15 ].

2015 June 9, Alexander N. Orekhov et al., “Development of Antiatherosclerotic Drugs on the basis of Natural Products Using Cell Model Approach”, in Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity, volume 2015, →DOI:

(biochemistry) Any sialidase that operates between the surfaces of different cells


cocatalyzed

Modifications developed in attempts to improve these weaknesses incorporate a second catalyst, and are called cocatalyzed baths.

1994, Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, Wiley, →OCLC:

(chemistry) Catalyzed by two or more catalysts.


exoglucosidase

(biochemistry) Any glucosidase enzyme that hydrolyses a terminal glucosidic bond


halogenase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes a halogenation reaction


ketosynthase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the synthesis of ketones, but especially that catalyzes the synthesis of polyketides


glycogenin

(biochemistry) An enzyme that initiates the conversion of glucose to glycogen


pantetheinase

(biochemistry) Any pantetheine hydrolase


holocarboxylase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses multiple carboxylation or decarboxylation reactions, especially those involving biotin


RNA polymerase

(genetics, biochemistry) An enzyme that is involved in the transcription of RNA.

RNA-polymeraasi

enzyme involved in the transcription of RNA


cyclogenase

(biochemistry) Any of a class of prostaglandin-endoperoxide synthases


Taq polymerase

From the thermophilic bacterium Thermus aquaticus.

Another use of Taq polymerase is directly in DNA sequencing, where the high temperatures employed help reduce problems caused by secondary structure in the template and allow an increase in the stringency of primers used. Taq polymerase has, for the reasons mentioned earlier, become a very important tool for the molecular biologist.

2009, A.N. Shukla, Industrial Enzymology, →ISBN, page 237:

Taq polymerase lacks a proofreading activity and as a result is unable to correct its errors.

2010, Terry Brown, Gene Cloning and DNA Analysis: An Introduction, →ISBN, page 157:

If a PCR is performed with Taq polymerase and with 10,000 template molecules, producing a product that is 1000 bp long, 1% of the newly generated fragments will have a mutation in the first cycle.

2010, Cornel Mulhardt, Molecular Biology and Genomics, →ISBN, page 73:

(biochemistry) A thermostable DNA polymerase known for its relatively high rate of transcription errors.


Bruton's tyrosine kinase

(biochemistry) A tyrosine-protein kinase that has a role in the development of B cells

Ogden Bruton
en:Bruton's tyrosine kinase


arginyl aminopeptidase

(biochemistry) The enzyme aminopeptidase B, which catalyses the release of N-terminal Arg and Lys from oligopeptides when P1' is not Pro.


adenase

(biochemistry) An enzyme found especially in animal tissue (as liver) that hydrolyzes adenine to hypoxanthine and ammonia.


transmethylase

Although the dimethylthetin transmethylase can be prepared free from the betaine transmethylase by further alcohol fractionation, all active betaine transmethylase preparations have had dimethylthetin transmethylase activity.

1948, JW Dubnoff, H Borsook, “Dimethylthetin and dimethyl-β-propriothetin in methionine synthesis”, in Journal of Biological Chemistry:

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyses transmethylation.


fructotransferase

(biochemistry) Any of a class of enzymes that produce difructose anhydrides from fructans.


glucotransferase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that liberates glucose from amylose.


NADS

(biochemistry) Initialism of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide synthetase.


alcoholase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that converts glucose or lactic acid to alcohol


thyrodoxin

(biochemistry) A selenium-dependent peroxidase present in the thyroid


phenol oxidase

(biochemistry) Alternative form of phenoloxidase


cyclohydrolase

(biochemistry) Any hydrolase that also catalyses a cyclization


malonylesterase

(biochemistry) Any esterase that catalyses the hydrolysis of malonates


acylamidase

acylamidase (countable and uncountable, plural acylamidases)


adenosinase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of adenosine


amidinohydrolase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of an amidine


avenacinase

(biochemistry) A saponin-detoxifying enzyme present in fungi of the genus Gaeumannomyces


butyrocholinesterase

(biochemistry) Synonym of pseudocholinesterase


carbamoylase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the conversion of an N-carbamoyl-amino acid into ammonia, carbon dioxide and the free amino acid


carotenase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that converts carotene into vitamin A


cellobiosidase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that releases cellobiose from one end of the cellulose molecule by hydrolysis


curacin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of peptide synthases found in some cyanobacteria


chitobiosidase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a chitobioside


chlorohydrolase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the replacement of chloride groups by hydroxy groups


macrolipase

[To our knowledge, the simultaneous presence of macroamylase and macrolipase in the same patient has been previously reported in only four cases. Interestingly, two of those patients had celiac disease. If macroamylase and macrolipase are present, the possibility of celiac disease should be considered.]

2003, Oita T, Yamashiro A, Mizutani F, Tamura A, Sakizono K, Okada A, “[Simultaneous presence of macroamylase and macrolipase in a patient with celiac disease]”, in Rinsho Byori [Japanese Journal of Clinical Pathology], volume 51, number 10, →PMID, pages 974–977:

A macroenzyme form of a lipase, such as the macromolecular pancreatic lipase sometimes (but not always) correlated with acute pancreatitis or celiac disease.


PETN reductase

(biochemistry) A denitration enzyme which can break down penthrite (PETN) and nitroglycerine (GTN) by removing nitrite.


cholecystokinase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of cholecystokinin


codecarboxylase

(biochemistry) Any active site on a decarboxylase which catalyzes the decarboxylation of D-amino acids


coglucosidase

(biochemistry) A coenzyme that activates a glucosidase


adenosylmethioninase

(biochemistry) The enzyme adenosylmethionine cyclotransferase.


vasopressinase

(biochemistry) An aminopeptidase enzyme that cleaves vasopressin, oxytocin, and other peptide hormones.


crotalase

(biochemistry) A snake venom enzyme that clots fibrinogen.


venombin

venombin (countable and uncountable, plural venombins)

(biochemistry) Any of a class of thrombin-like enzymes from snake venom.


cyclodeaminase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses a cyclodeamination reaction


cyclotransferase

(biochemistry) Any transferase whose action results in cyclization


dealkylase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses a dealkylation reaction


dehydroxylase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses a dehydroxylation reaction


deoxyriboaldolase

(biochemistry) Any aldolase that hydrolyses a deoxyribose phosphate


deoxynucleotidase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a deoxynucleotide


dextrase

(biochemistry) Any of the enzymes that catalyse the conversion of dextrose into lactic acid


diesterase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a diester; but especially a phosphodiesterase


duodenase

(biochemistry) A serine endopeptidase found in the mucosa of the bovine duodenum.


dornase

(obsolete, biochemistry) Synonym of deoxyribonuclease


endoamylase

(biochemistry) Any amylase that works on nonterminal glycoside linkage.


esteropeptidase

(biochemistry, in combination) A peptidase that cleaves a polypeptide at a specific peptide ester linkage


exoamylase

exoamylase (countable and uncountable, plural exoamylases)

(biochemistry) An amylase that hydrolyses glycosidic bonds near an end of the polysaccharide


megasynthetase

(biochemistry) Any large, complex synthetase


galacturonosidase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a galacturonide


endopolyphosphatase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a polyphosphate to an oligophosphate


holocellulase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that hydrolyses and breaks down holocellulose


transformylase

(biochemistry) Synonym of formyltransferase


ferricatalase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme (such as catalase itself) that contains at least one reactive iron atom


polyadenylribosylpolymerase

From poly- + adenyl + ribosyl + polymerase.


reprolysin

(biochemistry) A group of metalloproteases, that contains zinc, found in some snake venom


sulfhydrylase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses a reaction with hydrogen sulfide to form a sulfhydryl group


amylosucrase

amylosucrase (countable and uncountable, plural amylosucrases)

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of sucrose, the released glucose moiety being added to a glycan


glucanotransferase

(biochemistry) Any transferase that catalyses the transfer of (part of) a glucan


pancrease

(biochemistry) Any of several digestive enzymes found in the pancreas.


deoxyribozyme

(biochemistry) Any catalytic form of DNA, most of which act as enzymes that cleave RNA


lipoproteinase

From lipo- + proteinase or lipoprotein + -ase.

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a lipoprotein to form a lipid and a protein


oligoribonuclease

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that hydrolyses oligoribonucleotides


polyphosphatase

From poly- + phosphatase or polyphosphate + -ase.

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that hydrolyses polyphosphates


dorfin

(biochemistry) A particular ubiquitin ligase


axotropin

(biochemistry) A ubiquitin ligase associated with gene expression


carboligase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyses a carboligation (decarboxylation and ligation) reaction


glycerophosphotransferase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the transfer of a glycerophosphate group


lipoyltransferase

(biochemistry) A transferase that transfers lipoic acid to proteins


hydroperoxidase

(biochemistry) Any oxidoreductase that employs hydrogen peroxide

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that reduces a peroxide to an alcohol


staphopain

(biochemistry) Any of a family of endopeptidases present in Staphylococcus


thermonuclease

(biochemistry) Any thermostable nuclease


arabinosidase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a arabinoside


falcipain

(biochemistry) Any of a family of proteases found in papaya


glutenase

(biochemistry) Any protease that hydrolyses gluten


restrictase

(biochemistry) Any endonuclease that cleaves DNA at restriction sites


autoprotease

(biochemistry) A protease that hydrolyses peptide bonds within its own molecule, typically releasing a specific amino acid sequence


denitroxylase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the removal of nitric oxide moieties


dihydratase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses two hydrolysis reactions


hepsin

(biochemistry) A membrane-associated serine peptidase that plays a role in cell growth


isochorismatase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of isochorismate


adenosylhomocysteinase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that hydrolyses adenosylhomocysteine to homocysteine and adenosine


onconase

(biochemistry) An antitumor ribonuclease proposed for use in chemotherapy


papainase

(biochemistry) An endopeptidase present in papaya


methyloxidase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the oxidation of a methyl group (typically -CH₃ => -CH₂OH)


ovochymase

Xenopus laevis
Xenopus laevis#Translingual

(biochemistry) A protease, similar to chymotrypsin, released during Xenopus laevis egg activation


driselase

(biochemistry) A commercial mixture of cellulase, hemicellulase, pectinase etc used to remove plant cell walls


sialoglycoprotease

(biochemistry) A protease that hydrolyses sialoglycoproteins


glycoprotease

(biochemistry) A protease that hydrolyses glycoproteins


mucinase

The enzyme elaborated by Clostridium perfringens, which we have designated mucinase, hydrolyzes synovial fluid mucin in two stages.

1940 January 5, William van B. Robertson, Marian W. Ropes, Walter Bauer, “Mucinase: a Bacterial Enzyme which Hydrolyzes Synovial Fluid Mucin and other Mucins”, in Journal of Biological Chemistry:

(biochemistry) A lyase that hydrolyses mucins


deepoxidase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses a deepoxidation reaction


dethiolase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses a dethiolation reaction


mycolyltransferase

(biochemistry) Any transferase that transfers mycolyl groups


pyrazinamidase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that converts the prodrug pyrazinamide to the active form pyrazinoic acid


phosphodehydrogenase

(biochemistry) Any dehydrogenase that acts on a phosphate (such as glucose-6-phosphate)


retrotransposase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses retrotransposition


aleurain

(biochemistry) A protease, found in barley, related to cathepsin


esculinase

(biochemistry) A glucosidase that hydrolyses esculin


glycerokinase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of a phosphate from ATP to glycerol


hemoxygenase

hemoxygenase (countable and uncountable, plural hemoxygenases)

(biochemistry) An enzyme that degrades heme to produce biliverdin, ferrous iron, and carbon monoxide.


glycoenzyme

(biochemistry) Any enzyme responsible for the biosynthesis of glycans and glycoconjugates


phosphohexomutase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the interconversion of isomers of hexose phosphates


tweenase

Seems to be connected with Tween, a brand name for polysorbates.

(biochemistry) Triacylglycerol lipase; a lipase that hydrolyses a triglyceride to form a 1,3-diglyceride.


cyanase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyses the conversion of cyanate to carbamate


desulfurylase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the removal of a sulfate group


falcilysin

Plasmodium falciparum
Plasmodium falciparum#Translingual

(biochemistry) A metalloprotease present in the protozoan malaria-causing parastie Plasmodium falciparum


heptosyltransferase

(biochemistry) Any transferase that transfers heptose groups


octanoyltransferase

(biochemistry) Any transferase that transfers octanoyl groups


leukolysin

(biochemistry) A metalloproteinase present in leukocytes


aminotranspeptidase

(biochemistry) Any transpeptidase that catalyzes the transfer of an amino group


alkylhydroperoxidase

(biochemistry) Any hydroperoxidase that reduces an alkyl peroxide to the corresponding alcohol


exophosphatase

(biochemistry) Any phosphatase that hydrolyses polyphosphate from the end of its chain


quercetinase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme, typically a dioxygenase, that breaks down quercetin.


staphylocoagulase

Staphylococcus aureus
Staphylococcus aureus#Translingual

(biochemistry) An enzyme, secreted by the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus, that causes clotting of the blood


uroplasminogen

(biochemistry) urokinase when active against plasminogen


cellodextrinase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a cellodextrin


microperoxidase

(biochemistry) Any very small peroxidase, but especially any of the oligopeptides formed by cleavage of cytochrome


fucosylase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that removes fucosyl groups


cystathioninase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that cleaves cystathione to produce cystein and α-ketobutyrate


diphosphorylase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes a diphosphorylation recation


dideoxygenase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes a dideoxygenation reaction


enhancin

(biochemistry) A metalloprotease that enhances nucleopolyhedrovirus infection


monoesterase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a phosphate monoester


deoxynucleotidylexotransferase

(biochemistry) An exotransferase that transfers deoxynucleotidyl groups


laminarinase

laminarinase (countable and uncountable, plural laminarinases)

(biochemistry) An enzyme that hydrolyses the glucan laminarin


arginyltransferase

(biochemistry) A transferase that transfers an arginyl group, typically to a protein


dicarboxylase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes a dicarboxylation reaction


phosphomutase

(biochemistry) Any mutase that acts on phosphate groups


adamalysin

adamalysin (countable and uncountable, plural adamalysins)

(biochemistry) A zinc metalloproteinase present in the venom of rattlesnakes (Crotalus adamanteus)


ASS

argininosuccinate synthase
argininosuccinate synthase#English

(biochemistry) Initialism of argininosuccinate synthase.


fragilysin

(biochemistry) A particular zinc metalloprotease


exochitinase

(biochemistry) Any chitinase that cleaves a chitin molecule at a terminal position


hevamine

Hevea brasiliensis
Hevea brasiliensis#Translingual

(biochemistry) A chitinase present in the rubber tree Hevea brasiliensis


polyadenylase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that degrades polyadenylate


endohemicellulase

(biochemistry) Any hemicellulase that hydrolyses hemicellulose from the ends rather than in the middle


endoisopeptidase

(biochemistry) Any isopeptidase that works specifically at the terminal position


deSUMOylase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that removes a SUMO protein from its target


bothrombin

(biochemistry) A thrombin present in the venom of the pit viper Bothrops jararaca.


rhinocerase

(biochemistry) A serine protease isolated from the Gaboon viper Bitis rhinoceros (syn. of Bitis gabonica).


jararacussin

(biochemistry) A fibrinogen-clotting enzyme in the venom of the pit viper Bothrops jararacussu


tryparedoxin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of oxidoreductases present in trypanosomatids


carboanhydrase

carboanhydrase (countable and uncountable, plural carboanhydrases)

carbonic anhydrase
carbonic anhydrase#English

(biochemistry) Synonym of carbonic anhydrase


parvulin

(biochemistry) A small enzyme that catalyses the cis-trans isomerisation of proline peptide bonds.


aldoketoreductase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the reduction of the carbonyl group of aldehydes or ketones


fusase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the fusion (dimerization) of protein molecules


achromopeptidase

(biochemistry) A lysyl endopeptidase from the bacteria Chromobacter lyticus


bicyclase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses two cyclization reactions (typically at both ends of a carotenoid such as lycopene)


monocyclase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses a single cyclization reaction (typically at one end of a carotenoid such as lycopene)


antiquitin

(biochemistry) A dehydrogenase that acts upon aminoadipic semialdehyde in the catabolism of lysine


chitobiase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that hydrolyses chitobiose


endotransglycosidase

(biochemistry) Any transglycosidase in which the sugar is moved from the terminal position of a polysaccharide


alveolin

alveolin (countable and uncountable, plural alveolins)

(biochemistry) A type of protease similar to astacin


crosstide

(biochemistry) A peptide related to glycogen synthase kinase


mutarotase

(biochemistry) An epimerase that catalyses a mutarotation


ribosylase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyses ribosylation.


aspartoacylase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyses the deacylation of acetyl-aspartate


guanyltransferase

(biochemistry) Any transferase that transfers a guanyl group


butyryltransferase

(biochemistry) Any transferase that catalyses the transfer of a butyryl group


nagalase

(biochemistry) The enzyme N-acetylgalactosaminidase


hydroxyperoxidase

(biochemistry) Synonym of hydroperoxidase


iminohydrolase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of an imine


hypermutase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses hypermutation


metalloisopeptidase

(biochemistry) Any isopeptidase that is a metalloenzyme


prorenalase

(biochemistry) A precursor protein that becomes renalase when activated


feruloyltransferase

(biochemistry) Any transferase that transfers a feruloyl group


interferase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that interferes with a biochemical process


mesotrypsin

(biochemistry) A trypsin isoform which is resistance to natural trypsin inhibitors


trehalohydrolase

(biochemistry) A hydrolase that catalyses the hydrolysis of trehalose


metallophosphohydrolase

(biochemistry) A metalloenzyme form of phosphohydrolase


glycoamidase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that hydrolyses the amide link of a glycosamide


exosortase

(biochemistry) Any of a group of bacterial enzymes that are associated with protein sorting


exosulfatase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that removes sulfate groups from the ends of carbohydrate sulfates


autoactivator

(biochemistry) An enzyme involved in autoactivation


heterocyclase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the formation of a heterocycle


oxoprolinase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of oxoproline


iminopeptidase

(biochemistry) Any peptidase that selectively attacks an imine or secondary amine (such as proline)


presenilinase

(biochemistry) A protease that targets presenilin


formiminotransferase

(biochemistry) Any transferase that transfers a formimino group, typically to/from a glutamate group


acromoprotease

(biochemistry) Synonym of achromopeptidase


decatenase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses a decatenation reaction, especially of DNA


lactocepin

lactocepin (countable and uncountable, plural lactocepins)

(biochemistry) A lactococcal cell envelope-associated proteinase


oligoendopeptidase

(biochemistry) An endopeptidase that splits oligopeptides


catalysate

(chemistry) The product of a catalytic reaction


desulfoviridin

(biochemistry) A dissimilatory sulfite reductase present in the bacterium Desulfovibrio desulfuricans


guanosyltransferase

(biochemistry) Any transferase that catalyses transfer of a guanosyl group


leukotrienase

(biochemistry) A membrane protein responsible for the formation of leukotrienes


neelaredoxin

Treponema pallidum
Treponema pallidum#Translingual

(biochemistry) An iron-binding superoxide-reductase present in the syphilis spirochete, Treponema pallidum.


selenomolybdoenzyme

(biochemistry) A metalloenzyme containing both selenium and molybdenum


thermoenzyme

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that is not inhibited by elevated temperatures (typically used as laundry aids)


thiocalsin

(biochemistry) A protease that is activated by calcium after having been reacted with thioredoxin


chlorinase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses a chlorination reaction


endomannosidase

(biochemistry) An endocellular mannosidase


fervidolysin

(biochemistry) A keratinolytic enzyme, related to subtilisin, present in a bacterium of the genus Fervidobacterium


exocellobiohydrolase

(biochemistry) Any exocellular cellobiohydrolase


halolysin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of halophilic proteinases


lactosidase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a lactoside


myristoyltransferase

(biochemistry) Any transferase that transfers a myristoyl group


sulfoxyreductase

(biochemistry) Any reductase that reduces sulfoxide (typically in oxidized methionine)


tungstoenzyme

(biochemistry) Any metalloenzyme that contains tungsten


dopadecarboxylase

(biochemistry) A decarboxylase that decarboxylates dihydroxyphenylalanine


excinuclease

(genetics, biochemistry) A nuclease that carries out excision as part of DNA repair


flavohemoprotein

(biochemistry) A hemoprotein, containing flavin, that functions as a nitric oxide dioxygenase


glycopeptidase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that hydrolyses a glycopeptide or glycoprotein


metalloendoproteinase

(biochemistry) Any endoproteinase that is a metalloenzyme


uridylase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a uridylate


equistatin

(biochemistry) An inhibitor of cysteine proteinases present in the sea anemone Actinia equina


bacillolysin

(biochemistry) A form of thermolysin present in bacteria of the genus Bacillus.


neuroprotease

(biochemistry) Any protease that is active in the nervous system


vibriolysin

af

translingual <i class="Latn mention" lang="mul">Vibrio</i>

(biochemistry) A thermostable form of thermolysin present in bacteria of the genus Vibrio.


deneddylase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses deneddylation


archaeosortase

(biochemistry) An enzyme, in some archaea, that modifies protein sorting


rhombosortase

(biochemistry) Any rhomboid sortase (present in many bacteria)


cytokinase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that activates cytokine


coesterase

(biochemistry) A form of carboxylesterase


clostridiopeptidase

(biochemistry) collagenase from Clostridium histolyticum


deuterolysin

en-noun

deuterolysin (countable and uncountable, plural deuterolysins)

(biochemistry) A metalloproteinase present in aspergillus


seroenzyme

(biochemistry) Any enzyme present in blood serum


fructanase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a fructan


fuculokinase

(biochemistry) Any kinase that catalyses the phosphorylation of fuculose


lignocellulase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that hydrolyses lignocellulose


photoenzyme

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses a photochemical reaction


procollagenase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that activates collagen, allowing it to be broken down by collagenases


elastinase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that hydrolyses elastin


ferriperoxin

(biochemistry) A peroxidase essential for the aerobiosis of some extremophile bacteria


maltotriase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of maltotriose


carboxymethylase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyses carboxymethylation


cephamycinase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of cephamycins


dechelatase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses dechelation


fructofuranosidase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a fructofuranoside


anhydrolase

(biochemistry) Any hydrolase that hydrolyses an acid anhydride


deoxyribonucleotidase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the dephosphorylation of a deoxyribonucleotide


ribonucleotidase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the dephosphorylation of a ribonucleotide


disruptase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that disrupts a biochemical process, typically an interaction between RNA and protein


monocarboxypeptidase

(biochemistry) Synonym of carboxypeptidase


raffinase

(biochemistry) A form of galactosidase that hydrolyses raffinose


adenylcyclase

adenosine triphosphate
adenosine triphosphate

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyses the cyclization of adenosine triphosphate


protopectinase

(biochemistry) Any protease that breaks down protopectin


archaemetzincin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of zinc-dependant aminopeptidases present in some archaea


cleavase

(biochemistry) A form of endonuclease that cleaves at the junctions between single- and double-stranded DNA


deglycosidase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the removal of glycoside linkages


leishmanolysin

(biochemistry) An endopeptidase present in some trypanosomes of the genus Leishmania.


preproenzyme

(biochemistry) The precursor of a proenzyme


acetylatase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses acetylation


copolymerase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses a copolymerization reaction


digalactosidase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a digalactoside


endosialidase

(biochemistry) Any endocellular sialidase


phosphoribohydrolase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that hydrolyses phosphoribosyl groups


thioreductase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that reduces disulfide to thiol


alcalase

(biochemistry) A protease obtained from Bacillus licheniformis


perhydrolase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses a reaction with hydrogen peroxide


alginase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that hydrolyzes an algin


cocatalytic

(chemistry) Relating to, or employing cocatalysts


polyphenoloxidase

(biochemistry) Any oxidoreductase that oxidises polyphenols


fucokinase

(biochemistry) Any kinase that catalyses the phosphorylation of fucose


metallochelatase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme (such as ferrochelatase) that catalyses the chelation of a metal ion


nardilysin

nardilysin (countable and uncountable, plural nardilysins)

(biochemistry) A peptidase that cleaves polypeptides next to arginine or lysine amino acids.


phytyltransferase

(biochemistry) Any transferase that transfers a phytyl group


sulfohydrolase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of an organic sulfate


curdlanase

curdlanase (countable and uncountable, plural curdlanases)


denitrosylase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses denitrosylation


exosialidase

(biochemistry) A glycoside hydrolases that removes a single terminal sialic acid residue from an oligosaccharide


yatalase

(biochemistry) A commercial enzyme preparation used to digest fungal cell walls


deferrochelatase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that reverses to action of ferrochelatase


galactolipase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a galactolipid


cucumisin

Cucumisin (EC 3.4.21.25, 67 kDa) is an alkaline serine protease found in various melon fruits such as Cucumis melo L. and various gourds.

2017, Alaa El-Din A. Bekhit, Advances in Meat Processing Technology, page 87:

(biochemistry) A peptidase present in the musk melon (Cucumis melo).


exoglycohydrolase

(biochemistry) An exocytic glycohydrolase


exopolygalacturonase

(biochemistry) An exocytic polygalacturonase


glucomannanase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that hydrolyses a glucomannan


laminarase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of laminarin


mannase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of mannose derivatives


porphyranase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a porphyran


arabinofuranohydrolase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of arabinofuranoses


deoxynuclease

(biochemistry) A nuclease that acts on DNA


hydroxymethylase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses a hydroxymethylation reaction


mucopolysaccharidase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a mucopolysaccharide


phosphoisomerase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the isomerization of carbohydrate phosphates


caffeoyltransferase

(biochemistry) Any transferase that transfers a caffeoyl group


floppase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that transport lipids from the cytosolic to the exoplasmic face of a cell


oxomutase

(biochemistry) Any mutase that modifies oxygen-containing heterocycles (typically converting an oxirane to an oxetane)


ribotransferase

(biochemistry) Alternative form of ribosyltransferase


furanosidase

(biochemistry) Any hydrolase that hydrolyses furanosides


glycolipase

(biochemistry) Any carboxylesterase that hydrolyses glycolipids


mannohydrolase

(biochemistry) Any hydrolase that removes a mannose moiety, typically from a mannoside


nepenthesin

nepenthesin (countable and uncountable, plural nepenthesins)

(biochemistry) A protease present in Nepenthes pitcher plants


vanadoenzyme

(biochemistry) Any enzyme containing vanadium.


flavoreductase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the reduction of a flavin


polysaccharidase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a polysaccharide


carbamyltransferase

(biochemistry) Any transferase that transfers a carbamyl group


carboxymethyltransferase

(biochemistry) Any transferase that transfers a carboxymethyl group


exopolymerase

(biochemistry) Any exocellular polymerase


glucoxidase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the oxidation of glucose


cycloligase

(biochemistry) Any ligase that catalyses a cyclization reaction


maltohydrolase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that hydrolyses a polysaccharide by removing a terminal maltose moiety


sedoheptulokinase

(biochemistry) A kinase that catalyses the phosphorylation of sedoheptulose


lipolactonase

(biochemistry) Any lactonase that is active against lipoproteins


streptogrisin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of proteases present in Streptomyces griseus


transsuccinylase

(biochemistry) Synonym of succinyltransferase


aminoprotease

(biochemistry) A protease that reacts with a protein's free amino group


leucoprotease

(biochemistry) Alternative form of leukoprotease


deoxycytidyltransferase

(biochemistry) Any transferase that transfers a deoxycytidyl group


lipozyme

(biochemistry) A commercial form of lipase


pseudolysin

(biochemistry) A peptidase enzyme that has the characteristics of a lysin


holoceruloplasmin

(biochemistry) The holoenzyme of ceruloplasmin


phosphoriboisomerase

(biochemistry) A phosphoribose isomerase


rhodanase

(biochemistry) A mitochondrial enzyme that detoxifies cyanide by converting it to thiocyanate


redoxase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses a redox reaction


adenylase

(biochemistry) The enzyme adenylyl cyclase


arabinofuranosyltransferase

(biochemistry) Any transferase that moves arabinofuranosyl groups


conodipine

(biochemistry) A phospholipase in the venom of cone snails


endogalacturonase

(biochemistry) A form of polygalacturonase that breaks the carbohydrate in the middle


thiouridylase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a derivative of thiouridine


steroleosin

(biochemistry) A dehydrogenase, present in oil-bearing seeds, that binds sterols


thiolactonase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that hydrolyses a thiolactone


versicanase

(biochemistry) A protease that hydrolyses versican


chorismatase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of chorismates


galacturonase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a galacturonate


helimerase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that functions both as a helicase and a DNA polymerase


lipoxidase

unsaturated fatty acid
unsaturated fatty acid

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the oxidation of unsaturated fatty acids


HRP

horseradish peroxidase
horseradish peroxidase#English

(biochemistry) Initialism of horseradish peroxidase.


deglycylase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that removes terminal glycine residues from a protein


ectonucleosidase

(biochemistry) Any nucleosidase that is active outside of a cell


mannobiosidase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a mannobioside


matrixin

matrixin (countable and uncountable, plural matrixins)

(biochemistry) A metalloproteinase that hydrolyses matrix proteins


mycoredoxin

(biochemistry) A oxidoreductase that reduces arsenates to arsenite, typically as a defence mechanism against arsenic poisoning.


barbiturase

barbiturase (countable and uncountable, plural barbiturases)

(biochemistry) A barbiturate amidohydrolase


geranyltransferase

(biochemistry) Any transferase that transfers a geranyl group.


phosphogalactoisomerase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that converts glucose-1-phosphate to the isomeric glucose-6-phosphate


oligoprenyltransferase

(biochemistry) Any transferase that transfers oligoprenyl groups


sequenase

genetically modified
genetically modified

(biochemistry) A genetically modified form of DNA polymerase used in DNA sequencing


acutobin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of serine glycoprotein proteases.


necroenzyme

(biochemistry) An enzyme associated with necrosis


okinaxobin

(biochemistry) A type of thrombin present in the venom of Ovophis okinavensis


dardarin

From Basque dardara (“quivering, shivering, trembling”), named for the effects of Parkinson's disease + -in.

bor

(biochemistry) A kinase associated with Parkinson's disease


fructohydrolase

(biochemistry) Any hydrolase that removes a terminal fructose moiety from a polysaccharide


bacillopeptidase

(biochemistry) Any peptidase produced by a bacillus


bothropasin

(biochemistry) An endopeptidase present in the venom of Bothrops jararaca


cyclodextrinase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a cyclodextrin


hemoenzyme

(biochemistry) Any of a group of enzymes that control the chemistry of heme


thiohydrolase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a thioester


cholesterol esterase

en-noun

cholesterol esterase (plural cholesterol esterases)

(biochemistry) A sterol esterase that hydrolyses esters of cholesterol


sterol esterase

sterol esterase (plural sterol esterases)

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a sterol ester (typically of a fatty acid)


holophosphatase

(biochemistry) A complex of a phosphatase and a protein subunit


insularinase

(biochemistry) A zinc metalloenzyme that is a prothrombin activator


metallonuclease

(biochemistry) Any nuclease that is a metalloenzyme


multicaspase

(biochemistry) A mixture of several caspases used to study apoptosis


phytaspase

(biochemistry) A caspase of plant origin


glucodextranase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of glucosidic linkages of dextran


ribohydrolase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a riboside


tungstopterin

tungstopterin (countable and uncountable, plural tungstopterins)

(biochemistry) A thermophylic metalloenzyme, aldehyde ferredoxin oxidoreductase, containing tungsten,


geranylgeranylase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the removal of a geranylgeranyl group


PETase

From PET (“polyethylene terephthalate”) + -ase.

suffix

Holonym: Ideonella sakaiensis

Coordinate term: MHETase

polyethylene terephthalate
polyethylene terephthalate#English

mono-(2-hydroxyethyl) terephthalate
mono-(2-hydroxyethyl) terephthalate

(biochemistry) Any of a family of enzymes that break down polyethylene terephthalate (“PET”) through hydrolysis into mono-(2-hydroxyethyl) terephthalate.


selenosome

(biochemistry) A proteasome that contains a selenium atom


selenoperoxidase

(biochemistry) Any peroxidase that contains a selenium atom


deglutathionylase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyses a deglutathionylation reaction


swivelase

(biochemistry) Synonym of DNA topoisomerase


ferroactivator

(biochemistry) An enzyme activator that is active only in the presence of iron ions


pseudopeptidase

(biochemistry) Synonym of pseudoprotease


endoglycosylase

(biochemistry) A glycosylase that does not remove terminal glycosyl groupe


hydantoinase

(biochemistry) Any dihydropyrimidinase that hydrolyses hydantoin


galactohydrolase

(biochemistry) Any glycohydrolase that hydrolyses a galactoside


pheophytinase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that degrades chlorophyll to form pheophytin


blendzyme

en-noun

blendzyme (countable and uncountable, plural blendzymes)

(biochemistry) A blend of collagenase isoforms


brominase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses a bromination reaction


deglutamylase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses a deglutamylation


glutamylase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses a glutamylation


lactate dehydrogenase

(biochemistry) A dehydrogenase that converts lactate into pyruvate.


mesaconase

(biochemistry) A type of fumarase that catalyses the hydrolysis of mesaconate


organophosphatase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of organophosphate esters


arabanase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of an araban


carrageenase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that hydrolyses a carrageenan.


desulfinase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the removal of a sulfinate group


depupylase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyses depupylation


deglutarylase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the removal of glutaryl groups


demalonylase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the removal of malonyl groups


phosphoprotease

(biochemistry) Any protease that cleaves phosphoproteins


polyaminase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses a polyamination


fluorinase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyses a fluorination reaction


cocatalysis

(chemistry) catalysis by means of a cocatalyst


staphylothrombin

staphylothrombin (usually uncountable, plural staphylothrombins)

(biochemistry) A complex formed of coagulase and prothrombin


candidapepsin

Compound of translingual Candida + pepsin.

Candida albicans
Candida albicans#Translingual

(biochemistry) A pepsin present in Candida albicans


glycerophosphatase

(biochemistry) Any phosphatase that hydrolyses glycerophosphates


lipopeptidase

(biochemistry) Any peptidase that hydrolyses lipopeptides


riboexonuclease

(biochemistry) An exonuclease that cleaves RNA


acetoacetase

acetoacetase (countable and uncountable, plural acetoacetases)

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of an acetoacetate


homogalacturonase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that hydrolyses homogalacturonan


revertase

(biochemistry) Synonym of reverse transcriptase


pinoid

(biochemistry) A protein kinase that regulates auxin


apotransaminase

(biochemistry) The apoenzyme of a transaminase


cerastocytin

(biochemistry) A protease present in the venom of some snakes


myristoylase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses a myristoylation


renaturase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyses renaturation


thermozyme

(biochemistry) Any thermally-stable enzyme, typically expressed by thermophiles


depalmitoylase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses a depalmitoylation reaction


endogalactosidase

(biochemistry) An endocellular galactosidase


metalloisoenzyme

(biochemistry) Any isoenzyme that contains a metal atom which is essential for its biological activity


neuropeptidase

(biochemistry) A peptidase that breaks down neuropeptides


lipogenase

(biochemistry) Alternative form of lipoxygenase


invadolysin

(biochemistry) Any of a class of metalloproteinase associated with mitosis and cell migration


riboendonuclease

(biochemistry) An endonuclease that acts upon RNA


MTase

(biochemistry) Abbreviation of methyltransferase.


velaglucerase

(biochemistry) a form of glucocerebrosidase


xylotransferase

(biochemistry) A transferase that transfers xylose groups.


jararhagin

(biochemistry) A hemorrhagic metalloproteinase in the venom of the snake Bothrops jararaca


ACE1 (countable and uncountable, plural ACE1s)

angiotensin converting enzyme 1
angiotensin converting enzyme 1#English

(biochemistry) Abbreviation of angiotensin converting enzyme 1.


Heck reaction

Named after Richard F. Heck, who with others received the 2010 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for its discovery and development.

(organic chemistry) The reaction of an unsaturated halide (or triflate) with an alkene in the presence of a base and a palladium catalyst to form a substituted alkene.


glucohexokinase

glucohexokinase (countable and uncountable, plural glucohexokinases)


spirocyclase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses a spirocyclization reaction, especially the formation of a spiroketal


photooxidase

photooxidase (usually uncountable, plural photooxidases)


thiogalactopyranosidase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a thiogalactopyranoside


amylohydrolase

(biochemistry) Any hydrolase that hydrolyses starch


blisterase

(biochemistry) A proprotein convertase, similar to subtilisin, present in nematodes


cyclophorase

(biochemistry) Any of a group of oxidative enzymes associated with mitochondria


gyroxin

(biochemistry) A toxin present in the venom of the rattlesnake Crotalus durissus


tTG

(biochemistry) Abbreviation of tissue transglutaminase.


sGC

guanylyl cyclase
guanylyl cyclase#English

(biochemistry) Abbreviation of soluble guanylyl cyclase.


neprosin

(biochemistry) A peptidase present in the digestive fluid of the pitcher plant Nepenthes ventrata


exodeubiquitinase

exodeubiquitinase (countable and uncountable, plural exodeubiquitinases)


elosulfase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that mimics the activity of a sulfatase


creatine phosphokinase

creatine phosphokinase (plural creatine phosphokinases)

(biochemistry) The creatine kinase enzyme.

creatinfosfochinasi

creatine kinase — see also creatine kinase


CPK

creatine phosphokinase
creatine phosphokinase#English

(biochemistry) Initialism of creatine phosphokinase.


MuSK

muscle-specific kinaze
muscle-specific kinaze#English

(biochemistry) Abbreviation of muscle-specific kinaze.


WalK

(biochemistry) A particular histidine kinase


fructansucrase

(biochemistry) Any sucrase that produces a fructan


glucansucrase

(biochemistry) Any sucrase that produces a glucan


deglycase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that hydrolyses a glycated protein


glycogenase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of glycogen


glucosylcerebrosidase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that removes the glucosyl part of a cerebroside


anomerase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyses the formation of anomers


carboxydase

(biochemistry) Synonym of carboxypeptidase


saccharopepsin

(biochemistry) A pepsin present in yeast


aminopropyltransferase

(biochemistry) A transferase that moves aminopropyl groups as part of the biosynthesis of polyamines


carbamylase

(biochemistry) Synonym of carbamoyltransferase; Synonym of transcarbamylase


carbapenamase

(biochemistry) A β-lactamase that hydrolyses carbenicillin


dihydroceramidase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a dihydroceramide


theozyme

(computing, biochemistry) A theoretical enzyme constructed mathematically


multisynthetase

(biochemistry) A complex of multiple synthetases


oligomerase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of an oligomer


trimethylase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyses a trimethylation (typically of a histone)


antirecombinase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses antirecombination


contrahelicase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that counters the action of a helicase


ketothiolase

(biochemistry) A thiolase that (typically) acts on acetoacetate


dissolvase

(biochemistry) A helicase associated with chromosome dissolution


lactosylceramidase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that removes lactose from ceramide derivatives (lactocerebrosides)


seminase

(biochemistry) A protease in the seminal fluid of some flies


oxidoreductin

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses an oxidoreduction (typically of disulphide bonds in proteins)


lipoamidase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of lipoylated proteins


neoenzyme

(biochemistry) A mutated form of an existing enzyme


oligoadenylase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of an oligoadenylate


cocoonase

(biochemistry) A proteolytic enzyme that weakens the fibres of a silkworm cocoon


dephosphorylase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a sugar phosphate


hypermethylase

(biochemistry, genetics) An enzyme that catalyses hypermethylation


aldonolactonase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that hydrolyses an aldonolactone


carbenicillinase

(biochemistry) A penicillinase active against carbenicillin


dimethylase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyses a dimethylation


glycanhydrolase

(biochemistry) Alternative form of glycanohydrolase