Definition of Glutaminase

1. Noun. (enzyme) Any enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of glutamine to glutamic acid and ammonia ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Glutaminase

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Glutaminase

1. Chemical name: L-Glutamine amidohydrolase Registry number: EC 3.5.1.2 (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Glutaminase

glutamate receptor
glutamate synthase
glutamate translocase
glutamatergic
glutamates
glutamic
glutamic-aspartic transaminase
glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase
glutamic-pyruvic transaminase
glutamic acid
glutamic acid dehydrogenases
glutamic acid hydrochloride
glutamic oxalacetic transaminase
glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase
glutamin-(asparagin-)ase
glutaminase (current term)
glutaminases
glutaminate
glutamine
glutamine-fructose-6-phosphate transaminase (isomerizing)
glutamine-pyruvate aminotransferase
glutamine - phenylpyruvate transaminase
glutamine amidotransferase
glutamine amidotransferase cyclase
glutamine aminotransferase
glutamine permease
glutamine synthetase
glutamine transaminase
glutamines
glutaminic acid

Literary usage of Glutaminase

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

1. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"hin Acidosis (40335) ' glutaminase-y-Glutamyltransferase: Subcellular Localization and Ammonia Production TC WELBOURNE Department of Physiology and ..."

2. Reviews in Environmental Health (1998): Toxicological Defense Mechanics edited by Gary E. R. Hook, George W. Lucier (2000)
"Based upon the cellular localization of glutamine syn- thetase in glial cells (46,47) and glutaminase in neurons, a cycle has been proposed in which ..."

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