Definition of Amidase

1. Noun. Any amidohydrolase. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Amidase

1. an enzyme [n -S] - See also: enzyme

Medical Definition of Amidase

1. An enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of monocarboxylic amides to free acid plus NH3; ω-amidase acts on amides such as alpha-ketoglutaramic acid and alpha-ketosuccinamic acid. Synonym: acylamidase. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Amidase

amice
amices
amici
amicicide
amicicides
amicite
amicitial
amicrobic
amicroscopic
amictic
amicus
amicus curiae
amicus curiae brief
amicyanin
amid
amidase (current term)
amidases
amidated
amidation
amidation site
amidations
amiddest
amiddst
amide
amide hydrazone
amide hydrazones
amide linkage
amide oximes
amide synthases
amides

Literary usage of Amidase

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

1. Biochemical Catalysts in Life and Industry: Proteolytic Enzymes by Jean Effront (1917)
"... isolated from a butyric ferment culture an amidase acting on acetamide and asparagin. The culture medium is composed of a solution of albumin hydrolyzed ..."

2. The Journal of General Physiology by Society of General Physiologists, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1921)
"Urease and amidase. To determine the presence or absence of enzymes which split amino-acids and urea into ammonia and hydroxy acids, the indicator method ..."

3. Microbiology: A Text-book of Microörganisms, General and Applied by Charles E. Marshall (1921)
"Such an endo-enzyme is the amidase discovered by Shibata in the mycelium of Aspergillus niger which forms ammonia from urea, acetamid, ..."

4. Microbiology for Agricultural and Domestic Science Students by Charles Edward Marshall, Frederic Theodore Bioletti (1911)
"Such an endo- enzyme is the amidase discovered by Shibata in the mycelium of Aspergil- lus niger which forms ammonia from urea, acetamid, ..."

5. Chemisches Zentralblatt by Deutsche Chemische Gesellschaft (1908)
"... führten zur Auffindung einer besonderen, „amidase" genannten Diastase in der ... ist die amidase ständig zugegen, während die Ggw. dieses Enzyms in den ..."

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