Carboxylase Definition

kär-bŏksə-lās, -lāz
noun
An enzyme that is capable of removing carbon dioxide from certain organic acids to produce aldehydes, as in the formation of acetaldehyde from pyruvic acid.
Webster's New World
Any of various enzymes that catalyze the addition of a carboxyl group.
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Carboxylase

Noun

Singular:
carboxylase
Plural:
carboxylases

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