cyanophycinase
English
editEtymology
editFrom cyanophycin + -ase.
Noun
editcyanophycinase (countable and uncountable, plural cyanophycinases)
- (biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyzes the reaction [L-Asp(4-L-Arg)]n + H2O [L-Asp(4-L-Arg)]n-1 + L-Asp(4-L-Arg).
- 2015 August 27, “Temporal Gene Expression of the Cyanobacterium Arthrospira in Response to Gamma Rays”, in PLOS ONE[1], :
- However, our findings showed no differential expression of the cyanophycinase genes (cphA, cphB) responsible for this process in response to irradiation, confirming that the cells did not seem to experience N-limitation.