Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hydrogenase

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.77 in modern English

Syllables: hy-dro-ge-nase
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any enzyme that catalyzes the reduction of a substrate by the reversible oxidation of hydrogen.

Example Sentences

"It is clear from the experiments cited already that we are dealing with a bacterial enzyme comparable with the dehydrogenases, the substrate in this case being molecular hydrogen. […] In order to conform with the accepted terminology we suggest that this enzyme be called "hydrogenase.""

Etymology

From hydrogen + -ase, after dehydrogenase.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: hydrogen

Inflected Forms

hydrogenases (plural)

Derived Forms

apohydrogenase

Questions

What does hydrogenase mean?: Any enzyme that catalyzes the reduction of a substrate by the reversible oxidation of hydrogen.
Where does hydrogenase come from?: From hydrogen + -ase, after dehydrogenase.

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