English Explanatory Dictionary

tryptophanase

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A lyase enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction L-tryptophan + H₂O ⇌ indole + pyruvate + NH₃.

Word forms

tryptophanase tryptophanases

Etymology

From tryptophan + -ase.

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on T Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary