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U0146100 (yo͝or′ē-ās′, -āz′)n. A nickel-containing enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of urea to ammonia and carbonic acid and is found in certain bacteria, fungi, plants, and marine invertebrates.

[ure(a) + -ase.]

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(ˈjʊərɪˌeɪs; -ˌeɪz) n (Biochemistry) an enzyme occurring in many plants, esp fungi, that converts urea to ammonium carbonate

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n. an enzyme that changes urea into ammonium carbonate, occurring in bacteria, fungi, etc. [1895–1900]

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Noun

urease - an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of urea into carbon dioxide and ammonia; is present in intestinal bacteriaenzyme - any of several complex proteins that are produced by cells and act as catalysts in specific biochemical reactions

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[′yu̇r·ē‚ās] (biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyzes the degradation of urea to ammonia and carbon dioxide; obtained from the seed of jack bean.

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(carbamide amidohydrolase), an enzyme of the hydrolase class that catalyzes the breakdown of urea into ammonia and carbon dioxide. It is found in many bacteria and fungi and in some invertebrates, but is especially abundant in the seeds of such legumes as soybeans and jack beans. Urobacteria contain active urease. Urease was the first enzyme prepared in the crystalline state, by J. Sumner (1926). It is used for the quantitative determination of urea because of its high specificity.

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[u´re-ās] an enzyme that catalyzes the decomposition of urea to ammonia and carbon dioxide.

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(yūr'ē-ās), An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of urea to carbon dioxide and ammonia; used as an antitumor enzyme; it is present in intestinal bacteria and accounts for most of the ammonia generated from urea in mammals.

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(yo͝or′ās′, -āz′)n. An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of urea to form ammonium carbonate.

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An enzyme that breaks down urea to ammonia and carbon dioxide.

Fig. 312 Urease . The hydrolysis of urea.

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an enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of UREA into carbon dioxide and ammonia.

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(yūr'ē-ās) An enzyme used as an antitumor agent; it is present in intestinal bacteria.

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noun an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of urea into carbon dioxide and ammonia

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