cyanophycinase
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English
Etymology
From cyanophycin + -ase.
Noun
cyanophycinase (countable and uncountable, plural cyanophycinases)
- (biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyzes the reaction n + H2O n-1 + L-Asp(4-L-Arg).
- 2015 August 27, “Temporal Gene Expression of the Cyanobacterium Arthrospira in Response to Gamma Rays”, in PLOS ONE, :
- However, our findings showed no differential expression of the cyanophycinase genes (cphA, cphB) responsible for this process in response to irradiation, confirming that the cells did not seem to experience N-limitation.
