Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of urea to form ammonium carbonate.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
urase .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun chemistry the
enzyme , found insoil bacteria and someplants , thatcatalyzes thehydrolysis ofurea intoammonia andcarbon dioxide
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of urea into carbon dioxide and ammonia; is present in intestinal bacteria
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Tests showed that urease is also a protein, making this the first ever protein to be crystallized.
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H. pylori uses an enzyme called urease to attach to and infect the inside of the stomach.
WebMD Health 2009
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An enzyme called urease is produced by certain bacteria in the urinary tract.
Press Release 2009
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H. pylori depends on a protein called urease to bind to and infect the stomach lining, and so the scientists created a urease antibody called IgY-urease they then fortified the yoghurt with.
DairyReporter RSS 2009
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H. pylori depends on a protein called urease to bind to and infect the stomach lining, and so the scientists created a urease antibody called IgY-urease they then fortified the yoghurt with.
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H. pylori depends on a protein called urease to bind to and infect the stomach lining, and so the scientists created a urease antibody called IgY-urease they then fortified the yoghurt with.
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In 1926, however, in connection with his studies of a special enzyme "urease", James B. Sumner of Cornell University,
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Sumner had in 1926 crystalized an enzyme, urease, from jack beans and suggested that the crystals were the pure protein.
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry: The Development of Modern Chemistry 2010
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I did my famous self experimentation and the early urease tests were developed.
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Sumner, USA (Nobel Prize 1946) crystallizes the enzyme urease and demonstrates that it is a protein.
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