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arginase

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[ahr-juh-neys, -neyz] / ˈɑr dʒəˌneɪs, -ˌneɪz /

noun

Biochemistry.

  1. a liver enzyme that converts arginine to urea.

Etymology

Origin of arginase

1900–05; < German Arginase; see arginine, -ase

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The potential of the technique is already being tested by an international research team in the treatment of two children whose hereditary inability to produce the enzyme arginase had resulted in severe mental retardation.

From Time Magazine Archive

The team infected the youngsters with a natural virus, the Shope papilloma, which contains DNA that triggers arginase synthesis.

From Time Magazine Archive

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