aconitase

See also: Aconitase

English

Etymology

aconitate +‎ -ase

Noun

aconitase (countable and uncountable, plural aconitases)

(biochemistry) Aconitate hydratase, an enzyme that catalyses the stereospecific isomerization of citrate to isocitrate via cis-aconitate in the tricarboxylic acid cycle.
- 1939 June 1, William Arthur Johnson, “Aconitase”, in Biochemical Journal, volume 33, number 6, page 1046:
  The enzyme system bringing about the reversible hydration of cisaconitic acid has been shown to be different from fumarase and termed "aconitase".
- 1959, Virginia Commission of Fisheries, Report of the Commission of Fisheries of Virginia‎, page 54:
  These are: aconitase, isocitric dehydrogenase, alpha-ketoglutaric dehydrogenase, succinic dehydrogenase, fumarase, malic dehydrogenase, DPHN-oxidase, and cytochrome oxidase.
- 2000, Louis J. Ignarro, Nitric Oxide: Biology and Pathobiology‎, page 301:
  The best-characterized member of iron-sulfur isomerases is mitochondrial aconitase.

Translations

aconitate hydratase

Czech: akonitáza f
Portuguese: aconitase f

Anagrams

caseation

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ko.niˈta.zi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ko.niˈta.ze/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ku.niˈta.zɨ/

Noun

aconitase f (uncountable)

(biochemistry) aconitase (aconitate hydratase)

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