DECARBOXYLASE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does decarboxylase mean? 

• DECARBOXYLASE (noun)
  The noun DECARBOXYLASE has 1 sense:

1. any of the enzymes that hydrolize the carboxyl group

  Familiarity information: DECARBOXYLASE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DECARBOXYLASE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of the enzymes that hydrolize the carboxyl group

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("decarboxylase" is a kind of...):

enzyme (any of several complex proteins that are produced by cells and act as catalysts in specific biochemical reactions)

 Context examples 

The determination of the amount of glutamic acid decarboxylase 2 antibody present in a sample.

(Glutamic Acid Decarboxylase 2 Antibody Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)

A measurement of the glutamic acid decarboxylase 2 antibody in a biological specimen.

(Glutamic Acid Decarboxylase 2 Antibody Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The determination of the amount of glutamic acid decarboxylase 2 present in a sample.

(Glutamic Acid Decarboxylase 2 Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)

A measurement of the glutamic acid decarboxylase 1 in a biological specimen.

(Glutamic Acid Decarboxylase 1 Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The determination of the amount of glutamic acid decarboxylase 1 present in a sample.

(Glutamic Acid Decarboxylase 1 Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is non-spore forming, indole and glutamine decarboxylase negative, hydrolyzes esculin, and does not reduce nitrate.

(Fusobacterium necrogenes, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase proenzyme protein, plays a role in the synthesis of both spermine and spermidine.

(AMD1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

A measurement of the glutamic acid decarboxylase 2 in a biological specimen.

(Glutamic Acid Decarboxylase 2 Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The determination of the amount of glutamic acid decarboxylase antibody present in a sample.

(Glutamic Acid Decarboxylase Antibody Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)

Polyamines are important for stabilizing DNA structure, for the DNA double strand-break repair pathway, and as antioxidants, and inhibition of ornithine decarboxylase inhibits cell growth.

(Ornithine Decarboxylase Inhibitor, NCI Thesaurus)