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NITROGENASE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nitrogenase mean? 

NITROGENASE (noun)
  The noun NITROGENASE has 1 sense:

1. an enzyme of nitrogen-fixing microorganisms that catalyzes the conversion of nitrogen to ammoniaplay

  Familiarity information: NITROGENASE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


NITROGENASE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An enzyme of nitrogen-fixing microorganisms that catalyzes the conversion of nitrogen to ammonia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("nitrogenase" is a kind of...):

enzyme (any of several complex proteins that are produced by cells and act as catalysts in specific biochemical reactions)


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