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Dictionary » C » Catalyse CatalyseDefinition verb (1) To speed up a process, especially a chemical or biochemical reaction. (2) To cause catalysis. (3) To transform or bring significant change.
Word origin: from catalysis Variant: catalyze (mainly American) See also: enzyme Related terms: ![]()
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Results from our forumUse of diuretics... after a good night out (that happened to go a little turbo..), could he consume a diuretic substance in addition to a good quantity of water to catalyse the flushing process? (Kind of a #2 but related to alcohol): Also, would use of a stimulant help reduce some of the alcohol's depressant effects? ...
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ATP ase vs. ADP aseOh one more thing. There are enzymes that can remove phosphate groups from nucleotides. The enzyme apyrase can catalyse all of the following three reactions: ATP -> ADP +Pi ATP-> AMP +Pi AMP-> Adenine +Pi The apyrases are still referred to as ATPases because of their ...
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Unknown identification... infection rates have decreased since cases still occur and so an average clinical microbiologist must considered this organism. The oxidise and catalyse tests would be done before the ones you have listed, and is not involved in isolation, rather in pointing a microbiologist in the right direction. ...
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Unknown identificationContrary to what Cat said Oxidise and catalyse tests are always important! Like for example Enterbacteriaceae are always oxidise negative and catalyse positive, while Haemophilus is positive for both. Rather then expect to be spoon fed here ...
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Re: Are any of these "alive": prions, viroids, virions?I don't think prions can be considered to be alive by any means, they lack both nucleic acids and metabolism, save from being able to catalyse their own replication, so I voted 'no' there. (Surely all life should contain nucleic acids, at least until we create digital life or something) Virions ...
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