Definition of Lyases

1. Noun. (plural of lyase) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Lyases

1. lyase [n] - See also: lyase

Medical Definition of Lyases

1. A class of enzymes that catalyze the cleavage of c-c, c-o, and c-n, and other bonds by other means than by hydrolysis or oxidation. Registry number: EC 4. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lyases

lxxviii
lxxxi
lxxxii
lxxxiii
lxxxiv
lxxxv
lxxxvi
lxxxvii
lxxxviii
lyable
lyam
lyams
lyard
lyart
lyase
lyases (current term)
lyate
lyates
lybard
lycaenid
lycaenids
lycanthrope
lycanthropes
lycanthropia
lycanthropic
lycanthropically
lycanthropies
lycanthropist
lycanthropists

Literary usage of Lyases

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Biotechnology: Ti-Plasmids and Other Plan Vectors: Bibliography January 1993 by Raymond Dobert (1996)
"... 149, 250, 112 Luciferase 68, 102 Luminescence 68 lyases 177 Lycopersicon ... 165 Oxidoreductases 21 Oxo-acid-lyases 193 Oxygenases 41 Panicum maximum 45 ..."

2. Treating Infectious Diseases in a Microbial World: Report of Two Workshops by National Research Council (2006)
"A striking example was recently reported in Mycobacterium tuberculosis through the joint disruption of two isocitrate lyases (Muñoz-Elías and McKinney 2005) ..."

3. Gene Expression in Field Crops: Bibliography January 1991-November 1992 edited by Janet Saunders, Robert D. Warmbrodt (1995)
"Language: English Descriptors: Nicotiana tabacum; Hafnia alvei; Agrobacterium tumefaciens; Genetic transformation; Transgenics; Carboxy-lyases; Genes; ..."

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