carboxylase

See also: Carboxylase

English

Etymology

carboxyl +‎ -ase

Noun

carboxylase (plural carboxylases)

1. (biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes either a carboxylation or decarboxylation reaction.

Derived terms

• holocarboxylase
• phosphoribosylaminoimidazole carboxylase

Translations

any enzyme that catalyzes either a carboxylation or decarboxylation reaction

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 羧化酶 (zh) (suōhuàméi)

• Finnish: karboksylaasi
• Portuguese: carboxilase f

French

Noun

carboxylase f (plural carboxylases)

1. carboxylase

Further reading

• “carboxylase”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.