CATALYZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does catalyze mean? 

• CATALYZE (verb)
  The verb CATALYZE has 1 sense:

1. change by catalysis or cause to catalyze

  Familiarity information: CATALYZE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CATALYZE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they catalyze    ... he / she / it catalyzes   
Past simple: catalyzed   
Past participle: catalyzed   
-ing form: catalyzing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Change by catalysis or cause to catalyze

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

catalyse; catalyze

Hypernyms (to "catalyze" is one way to...):

change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)

Domain category:

chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

catalyst ((chemistry) a substance that initiates or accelerates a chemical reaction without itself being affected)

 Context examples 

Methyltransferase Genes encode Methyltransferases, a subclass of transferase class enzymes that catalyze the transfer of a methyl group from one compound to another.

(Methyltransferase Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

A gene that encodes a proteolytic enzyme that depends on a metal ion to catalyze peptide bond hydrolysis.

(Metalloproteinase Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

Metyrosine competitively inhibits tyrosine 3-monooxygenase, an enzyme that activates molecular oxygen to catalyze the hydroxylation of tyrosine to dihydroxyphenylalanine (Dopa), an intermediate to catecholamine (dopamine, norepinephrine, and epinephrine) production.

(Metyrosine, NCI Thesaurus)

Miglustat competitively and reversibly binds to and inhibits the activity of UDP-glucose ceramide glucosyltransferase, which catalyzes the initial step in the synthesis of glycosphingolipids (GSL).

(Miglustat, NCI Thesaurus)

Any substance that inhibits mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK), an enzyme that catalyzes the addition of a phosphate group to a protein in the cell proliferation signaling pathway in response to external stimuli.

(Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Inhibitor, NCI Thesaurus)

A proteolytic enzyme that uses a metal ion, usually zinc, to catalyze the hydrolysis of peptide bonds.

(Metalloproteinase, NCI Thesaurus)

Melatonin is synthesized from serotonin intermediate in the pineal gland and the retina where the enzyme 5-hydroxyindole-O-methyltransferase, that catalyzes the last step of synthesis, is found.

(Melatonin, NCI Thesaurus)

Aspartyl Proteases (Aspartic Endopeptidases) have an acidic residue (aspartate) involved in the catalytic process, have a pH optimum below 5 and catalyze the cleavage of internal peptide bonds in a polypeptide or protein.

(Aspartyl Protease, NCI Thesaurus)

ATPases are a group of enzymes that catalyze ATP hydrolysis coupled with another function such as transporting Ca(2+) across a membrane.

(ATPase, NCI Thesaurus)

AlphaGal is not normally expressed in humans because alpha(1,3)-galactosyltransferase (Alpha-GT), the enzyme that catalyzes the synthesis of alphaGal epitopes on glycoproteins and glycolipids, is not naturally present in humans and other primates.

(B16alphaGal Melanoma Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)