hydrogenasen.
/hʌɪˈdrɒdʒəneɪz//hʌɪˈdrɒdʒəneɪs/ Biochemistry.
Any enzyme which catalyses the addition of hydrogen to an organic substrate.
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1900 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. 78 ii. 678 The evolution of gas [from the yeast] is almost immediately arrested by the addition of sulphur, a fact which suggests that the ferments in question are closely related to philothion or hydrogenase.
1943 Jrnl. Biol. Chem. 151 384 Hydrogenase is closely related to the nitrogen-fixing system in Azotobacter.
1965 A. H. Rose Chem. Microbiol. vii. 142 There exists a close relationship between the ability of organisms..to fix nitrogen, and the presence in the organisms of the enzyme hydrogenase.
1966 Frenkel & Cost in Florkin & Stotz Comprehensive Biochem. XIV. viii. 417 Hydrogenase activity can also be observed in certain algae which can carry out photoreduction of CO2 with molecular hydrogen.
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