Urease


noun, Biochemistry.
1.
an enzyme that changes urea into ammonium carbonate, occurring in bacteria, fungi, etc.
noun
1.
an enzyme occurring in many plants, esp fungi, that converts urea to ammonium carbonate

urease u·re·ase (yur’ē-ās’, -āz’) or u·rase (yur’ās’, -āz’)
n.
An enzyme that cataylzes the hydrolysis of urea to form ammonium carbonate.

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