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decarboxylase

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de⋅car⋅box⋅yl⋅ase

  [dee-kahr-bok-suh-leys, -leyz]
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–noun Biochemistry.
any of the class of enzymes that catalyze the release of carbon dioxide from the carboxyl group of certain organic acids.
Also called carboxylase.

Origin:
1935–40; decarboxyl(ate) + -ase
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de·car·box·yl·ase   (dē'kär-bŏk'sə-lās', -lāz')   
n.  Any of various enzymes that hydrolize the carboxyl radical.
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Main Entry: de·car·box·yl·ase
Pronunciation: "dE-kär-'bäk-s&-"lAs, -"lAz
Function: noun
: any of a group of enzymesthat accelerate decarboxylation especially of amino acids
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decarboxylase de·car·box·yl·ase (dē'kär-bŏk'sə-lās', -lāz')
n.
Any of various enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of the carboxyl radical.

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