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NITROGENASE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nitrogenase mean?
• NITROGENASE (noun)
The noun NITROGENASE has 1 sense:
1. an enzyme of nitrogen-fixing microorganisms that catalyzes the conversion of nitrogen to ammonia
Familiarity information: NITROGENASE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An enzyme of nitrogen-fixing microorganisms that catalyzes the conversion of nitrogen to ammonia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("nitrogenase" is a kind of...):
enzyme (any of several complex proteins that are produced by cells and act as catalysts in specific biochemical reactions)
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