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PRONUNCIATION OF UREASE

urease  [ˈjʊərɪˌeɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UREASE

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Urease is a noun.
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WHAT DOES UREASE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

urease

Urease

Ureases, functionally, belong to the superfamily of amidohydrolases and phosphotriestreases. It is an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of urea into carbon dioxide and ammonia. The reaction occurs as follows: 2CO + H2O → CO2 + 2NH3 More specifically, urease catalyzes the hydrolysis of urea to produce ammonia and carbamate; the carbamate produced is subsequently degraded by spontaneous hydrolysis to produce another ammonia and carbonic acid. Urease activity tends to increase the pH of its environment as it produces ammonia, a basic molecule. Ureases are found in numerous bacteria, fungi, algae, plants and some invertebrates, as well as in soils, as a soil enzyme. They are nickel-containing metalloenzymes of high molecular weight. In 1926, James B. Sumner, an assistant professor at Cornell University, showed that urease is a protein by examining its crystallized form. Sumner's work was the first demonstration that a pure protein can function as an enzyme, and led eventually to the recognition that most enzymes are in fact proteins, and the award of the Nobel prize in chemistry to Sumner in 1946. The structure of urease was first solved by P. A. Karplus in 1995.

Definition of urease in the English dictionary

The definition of urease in the dictionary is an enzyme occurring in many plants, esp fungi, that converts urea to ammonium carbonate.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UREASE


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base
beɪs
bass
beɪs
case
keɪs
case-by-case
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database
ˈdeɪtəˌbeɪs
face
feɪs
grace
ɡreɪs
interface
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lace
leɪs
marketplace
ˈmɑːkɪtˌpleɪs
MySpace
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place
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protease
ˈprəʊtɪˌeɪs
race
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replace
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reɪs
ribonuclease
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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UREASE

urea
urea cycle
urea-formaldehyde resin
ureal
uredia
uredial
uredines
uredinia
urediniospore
uredinium
uredinous
urediospore
uredium
uredo
uredosori
uredosorus
uredospore
ureic
ureide
uremia

WORDS THAT END LIKE UREASE

axle grease
bowling crease
candle grease
cost-of-living increase
crease
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degrease
disease
elbow grease
goal crease
grease
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on the increase
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salary increase
tax increase
wage increase
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Synonyms and antonyms of urease in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «urease» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

脲酶
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ureasa
570 millions of speakers

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urease
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

urease
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

اليورياز
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

уреазы
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

urease
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

urease
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

uréase
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Urease
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Urease
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ウレアーゼ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

요소 분해 효소
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Urease
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

urease
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

யூரியாக்களில்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

युरेझ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

üreaz
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ureasi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ureazy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

уреази
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

urează
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

ουρεάσης
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

urease
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

ureas
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

urease
5 millions of speakers

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UREASE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about urease

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UREASE»

Discover the use of urease in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to urease and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Improving Efficiency of Urea Fertilizers by Inhibition of ...
But after 1-week incubation PMA inhibited urease activity to a lesser extent (62%) . Perez Mateos and Gonzalez Carcedo (1982) assayed urease activity in samples of three Spanish soils (under vegetations dominated by poplar, gramineous, ...
S. Kiss, M. Simihaian, 2002
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New Insights in the Urease Activation Process Obtained by ...
The metallocenter assembly pathway of nickel-containing urease from Klebsiella aerogenes has served as a paradigm for understanding the biosynthesis of other metalloproteins.
Soledad De Los Angeles Quiroz Valenzuela, 2008
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The Effect of Urea-ammonium-nitrate Fertilizer Amended with ...
Starting in the mid 20th century the use of nitrogen fertilizers has steadily increased due to the rising demand in food production.
Joelene M. Diehl, 2007
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Nitrogen in Agricultural Systems
Table 4-2. Simple correlation coefficient (/) between soil urease activity and selected soil properties. t ND, not determined. * Significant at the 0.05 level of probability. ** Significant at the 0.01 level of probability. *** Significant at the 0.001 level ...
James Stuart Schepers, William Raun, 2008
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ADVANCES IN CLINICAL CHEMISTRY
encouraged development of specific enzymatic procedures. The commonly used procedure for the measurement of BUN is a coupled-enzyme procedure utilizing urease and glutamate dehydrogenase (25). In this procedure the ammonium ...
Herbert E. Spiegel, 1992
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Biological Inorganic Chemistry: Structure and Reactivity
Benini, S., Rypniewski, W. R., Wilson, K. S., Mangani, S., and Ciurli, S., " Molecular details of urease inhibition by boric acid: insights into the catalytic mechanism", /. Am. Chem. Soc, 126, 3714-3715 (2004). 10. Ciurli, S., Benini, S., Rypniewski, ...
Ivano Bertini, 2007
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Functional Foods and Biotechnology
Pathogenesis of H. pylori has also been linked to the presence of an external urease that is embedded on the outer surface of the bacterium (93). Urease is an important enzyme that is produced up to 5-6% of the total protein of H. pylori and is ...
Kalidas Shetty, Gopinadhan Paliyath, Anthony Pometto, 2006
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Regulation of Estuarine Phytoplankton and Bacterial Urea ...
Dinoflagellates were found to have the highest urease activity in culture among five phytoplankton species (Prorocentrum minimum, Karlodinium veneficum, Heterocapsa triquetra, Storeatula major, and Isochrysis sp.) in culture on a per cell ...
Caroline M. Solomon, 2006
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Advances in Biosensors: Perspectives in Biosensors
Various urease-based urea sensors have been reported (Scheller and Schmid 1992). A novel protocol to entrap active urease in tetraethyl orthosilicate-derived sol-gel film has been described by Narang et al. (1994a). A urease-fixed sol-gel ...
Bansi Dhar Malhotra, Anthony Turner, 2003
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Soil Enzymology
1989; Byrnes and Amberger 1989). This, in turn, results in a rapid N loss to the atmosphere through NH3 volatilization (Simpson et al. 1984; Simpson and Freney 1988). Due to this role, urease activities in soils have received a lot of attention ...
Girish Shukla, Ajit Varma, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UREASE»

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Modifying the gut to treat liver diseases
The gut microbiota produces urease, which transforms urea into ammonia and carbon dioxide. Ammonia has several beneficial roles in host metabolism, but ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
2
2-Year Study Results - To Add Nitrogen Stabilizers Or Not?
Nutrisphere-N controls urease, keeping it from robbing nitrogen and yield potential. Nutrisphere-N protects nitrogen in the ammonium state before it gets ... «Agriculture.com, May 15»
3
Clostridium sordellii genome analysis reveals plasmid localized …
It has previously been shown that many, but not all, strains of C. sordellii possess urease activity [32], [33]. Urease is a nickel-containing metalloenzyme that ... «BMC Blogs Network, May 15»
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BASF Launches Limus to Limit Ureas-Based Nitrogen Losses
One drawback to them, though, is that urease enzymes can break down N when the fertilizer is not incorporated into the soil through tillage or precipitation. «Agriculture.com, May 15»
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Video series: Fertilizer return on investment
What they do is inhibit the urease, so it doesn't convert the urea into ammonium or they inhibit nitrification. Some of the nitrogen inhibitors are bacteria-static, ... «Western Producer, Mar 15»
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Rice Prices, New Varieties Highlighted at Meetings
... are obtained from applying fertilizer on dry ground along with a urease inhibitor, like Agrotain, that prevents nitrogen from decomposing rapidly, Harrell said. «MyArkLaMiss, Jan 15»
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Winzige Mutation, katastrophale Auswirkung: Anpassung an Flöhe …
Durch Vergleiche der Gene und Eiweiße von Pest- und Tuberkulosebakterien fanden sie schließlich das Harnsäure abbauende Enzym Urease. Es macht ... «Tagesspiegel, Dec 14»
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How The Plague Microbe Gave Fleas A Chance
It's called urease, and it is partly encoded by a gene called UreD. When Hinnebusch and Chouikha deleted this gene, fleas could happily swallow Y. «National Geographic, Dec 14»
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New player in nitrogen management
Spring application of urea-based fertilizer is a great way to cover a lot of acres fast. Protecting that urea from urease enzymes in the soil will help keep what you ... «Farm Industry News, Nov 14»
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A breathalyzer that detects diseases like TB, hospital-acquired …
The test works by analyzing a patient's breath metabolism of urease, a bacterial enzyme that converts the body's natural urea to carbon dioxide and ammonia. «MedCity News, Oct 14»

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