Definition of Glucuronidase

1. Noun. (enzyme) Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a glucuronide; a glycuronidase ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Glucuronidase

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Glucuronidase

1. Chemical name: beta-D-Glucuronoside glucuronosohydrolase Registry number: EC 3.2.1.31 (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Glucuronidase

glucosylceramide
glucosylceramide beta-1-4-galactosyltransferase
glucosylceramides
glucosylglycerol-phosphate phosphatase
glucosyltransferase
glucosyltransferases
gluculase
glucuronan lyase
glucuronate
glucuronate 2-sulfatase
glucuronate reductase
glucuronates
glucurone
glucuronic
glucuronic acid
glucuronidase (current term)
glucuronidases
glucuronidation
glucuronidations
glucuronide
glucuronides
glucuronoarabinoxylans
glucuronoglycan
glucuronoglycans
glucuronolactone
glucuronose
glucuronoside
glucuronosides
glucuronosyltransferase
glucuronosyltransferases

Literary usage of Glucuronidase

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)
"Separation of the /3-glucuronidase inhibitor by ion exchange ... glucuronidase activity and reacted as serum albumin when tested by immunoelectrophoresis. ..."

2. Transposable Elements in Plants: Sponsored CRIS/ICAR Projects and Bibliography by Andrew Kalinski (1995)
"Despite the high homology to active patatin genes, fusion of its promoter to the bcta-glucuronidase reporter gene does not lead to detectable ..."

3. Biotechnology: Gene Gun/Biolistic Technology: Bibliograhpy, January 1987 by Kim Guenther (1994)
"... nitol) 4 h prior to and 16 h after bombardment resulted in a statistically significant 2.7-fold increase in transient beta-glucuronidase expression. ..."

4. Biotechnology: Ti-Plasmids and Other Plan Vectors: Bibliography January 1993 by Raymond Dobert (1996)
"By electroporating radiolabeled, in vitro synthesized mRNA, the beta-glucuronidase mRNA half-life was estimated to be approximately 35 minutes in oat ..."

5. Gene Expression in Field Crops: Bibliography January 1991-November 1992 edited by Janet Saunders, Robert D. Warmbrodt (1995)
"P54 Transient expression of beta-glucuronidase in different cellular compartments following biolistic delivery of foreign DNA into wheat leaves and cal- li. ..."

6. Biotechnology: Forestry and Forest Products. Bibliography January 92-January 95 by Raymond Dobert (1995)
"The fluorescent MUG assay was more sensitive than the histochemical X-GLU assay to detect the activity of the P-glucuronidase gene. 96 NAL Call No: SD13. ..."

7. Control of Tobacco-related Cancers and Other Diseases: Proceedings of an by Prakash C. Gupta, James E. Hamner, P. R. Murti (1992)
"Increased mutagenicity to TA98 was also seen after treatment of the urine samples with sodium nitrite or B-glucuronidase in the absence ..."

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