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Definition: Decarboxylase |
DecarboxylaseNoun1. Any of the enzymes that that hydrolize the carboxyl group. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Synonyms by domain: Carboxymuconolactone Decarboxylase (chemistry), decarboxylase deficiency disease (medicine), glutaminic acid decarboxylase, Histidine Decarboxylase, ornithine decarboxylase, pyruvate decarboxylase, tryptophan decarboxylase, tyrosine decarboxylase. |
Crosswords: Decarboxylase |
| Specialty definitions using "decarboxylase": 3-Mercaptopropionic Acid ♦ Adenosylmethionine Decarboxylase, Allylglycine, Aromatic-L-Amino-Acid Decarboxylases ♦ Benserazide, Brocresine ♦ Carbidopa, Coproporphyrinogens ♦ Dopa Decarboxylase ♦ Eflornithine ♦ Glutamate Decarboxylase ♦ Histidine Decarboxylase ♦ Mitoguazone ♦ Ornithine Decarboxylase, Orotidine-5'-Phosphate Decarboxylase ♦ Pyruvate Decarboxylase ♦ Tyrosine Decarboxylase ♦ Uroporphyrinogen Decarboxylase. (references) |
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| "Decarboxylase" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Decarboxylase" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 4 | 175,879 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "decarboxylase": Adenosylmethionine Decarboxylase ♦ Dopa Decarboxylase ♦ Glutamate Decarboxylase ♦ Histidine Decarboxylase ♦ Ornithine Decarboxylase ♦ Orotidine-5'-Phosphate Decarboxylase ♦ Pyruvate Decarboxylase ♦ Tyrosine Decarboxylase ♦ Uroporphyrinogen Decarboxylase. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
histidine decarboxylase | 7 |
ornithine decarboxylase | 5 |
decarboxylase lysine | 3 |
glutamic acid decarboxylase | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "decarboxylase"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 脱羧基酶. (various references) | |
Danish | decarboxylasemangel-sygdom (decarboxylase deficiency disease), pyruvat-decarboxylase (pyruvate decarboxylase), ornitin-decarboxylase (ornithine decarboxylase). (various references) | |
Dutch | pyruvaat-decarboxylase (pyruvate decarboxylase), ornithinedecarboxylase (ornithine decarboxylase). (various references) | |
Finnish | pyruvaattidekarboksylaasi (pyruvate decarboxylase). (various references) | |
French | décarboxylase de pyruvate (pyruvate decarboxylase), pyruvate décarboxylase (pyruvate decarboxylase), ornithine-décarboxylase (ornithine decarboxylase), maladie par déficit en décarboxylase (decarboxylase deficiency disease), glutamate décarboxylase (glutaminic acid decarboxylase), GAD (glutaminic acid decarboxylase). (various references) | |
German | Dekarboxylasemangelkrankheit (decarboxylase deficiency disease), Pyruvat-Dekarboxylase (pyruvate decarboxylase), Pyruvat-Decarboxylase (pyruvate decarboxylase), Ornithin-Dekarboxylase (ornithine decarboxylase), Brenztraubensaeure-Dekarboxylase (pyruvate decarboxylase), Alphaketosaeure-Karboxylase (pyruvate decarboxylase), Alpha-Karboxylase (pyruvate decarboxylase). (various references) | |
Greek | νόσος από ανεπάρκεια της αποκαρβοξυλάσης (decarboxylase deficiency disease), πυροσταφυλική δεκαρβοξυλάση (pyruvate decarboxylase), αποκαρβοξυλάση της ορνιθίνης (ornithine decarboxylase). (various references) | |
Italian | piruvato decarbossilasi (pyruvate decarboxylase), ornitina decarbossilasi (ornithine decarboxylase), glutammato-decarbossilasi (glutaminic acid decarboxylase), GAD (glutaminic acid decarboxylase). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ecarboxylaseday.(various references) | |
Portuguese | pirunato descarboxilase (pyruvate decarboxylase), ornitina-descarboxilase (ornithine decarboxylase), enfermidade por défice de descarboxilasa (decarboxylase deficiency disease). (various references) | |
Spanish | piruvato descarboxilasa (pyruvate decarboxylase), ornitindescarborxilasa (ornithine decarboxylase), enfermedad por déficit de decarboxilasa (decarboxylase deficiency disease). (various references) | |
Swedish | pyruvatdekarboxylas (pyruvate decarboxylase). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
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Words beginning with "decarboxylase": decarboxylases. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-d-e-e-l-o-r-s-x-y" | |
-2 letters: carboxylase. | |
-3 letters: berascaled, broadscale. | |
-4 letters: albacores, bayadeers, bayaderes, broadaxes, carboxyls, coalyards, coleaders, escalader, execrably, leeboards. | |
-5 letters: abasedly, acerolas, adorable, adorably, albacore, albedoes, alcaydes, bayadeer, bayadere, beeyards, berascal, broadaxe, brocades, calderas, caloyers, carboxyl, carboyed, carloads, caseload, coalyard, coarsely, coleader, corbeled, crayolas, debacles, decayers, declares, decoyers, delayers, earlobes, erasable, escalade, escarole, exorable, leeboard, readable, readably, recoaled, rescaled, sacredly, seaboard, yodelers. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-b-c-d-e-e-l-o-r-s-x-y" | |
+1 letter: decarboxylases, decarboxylates. | |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01100101 01100011 01100001 01110010 01100010 01101111 01111000 01111001 01101100 01100001 01110011 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D e c a r b o x y l a s e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0065 0063 0061 0072 0062 006F 0078 0079 006C 0061 0073 0065 |
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