Urease, the Glossary
Ureases, functionally, belong to the superfamily of amidohydrolases and phosphotriesterases.[1]
Table of Contents
106 relations: Active site, Algae, Allophanate hydrolase, Amidohydrolase, Ammonia, Antiferromagnetism, Apatite, Bacteria, Biomineralization, Biopesticide, Brucella, Calcium carbonate, Canavalia ensiformis, Carbamate, Carbamic acid, Carbon dioxide, Carbonate, Carbonic acid, Carbonyl group, Carboxylate, Catalysis, Chelation, Chemotaxis, Circulatory system, Cirrhosis, Cobalt, Corynebacterium urealyticum, Cryptococcus, Crystallization, Cysteine, Dalton (unit), Dodecameric protein, Electrophile, Enzyme, Enzyme inhibitor, Eutrophication, Frédéric Alphonse Musculus, Fungus, Gastric acid, Gut microbiota, Helicobacter, Helicobacter pylori, Hepatic encephalopathy, Hydrogen bond, Hydrogen ion, Hydrolysis, Hydroxide, Hydroxycarbamide, Hyperammonemia, Imidazole, ... Expand index (56 more) »
- Nickel enzymes
Active site
In biology and biochemistry, the active site is the region of an enzyme where substrate molecules bind and undergo a chemical reaction.
Algae
Algae (alga) are any of a large and diverse group of photosynthetic, eukaryotic organisms.
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Allophanate hydrolase
In enzymology, an allophanate hydrolase is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction Thus, the two substrates of this enzyme are allophanate (urea-1-carboxylate or N-carbamoylcarbamate) and H2O, whereas its two products are HCO3− and NH4+. Urease and allophanate hydrolase are eC 3.5.1.
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Amidohydrolase
Amidohydrolases (or amidases) are a type of hydrolase that acts upon amide bonds. Urease and Amidohydrolase are eC 3.5.1.
Ammonia
Ammonia is an inorganic chemical compound of nitrogen and hydrogen with the formula.
Antiferromagnetism
In materials that exhibit antiferromagnetism, the magnetic moments of atoms or molecules, usually related to the spins of electrons, align in a regular pattern with neighboring spins (on different sublattices) pointing in opposite directions.
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Apatite
Apatite is a group of phosphate minerals, usually hydroxyapatite, fluorapatite and chlorapatite, with high concentrations of OH−, F− and Cl− ion, respectively, in the crystal.
Bacteria
Bacteria (bacterium) are ubiquitous, mostly free-living organisms often consisting of one biological cell.
Biomineralization
Biomineralization, also written biomineralisation, is the process by which living organisms produce minerals, often resulting in hardened or stiffened mineralized tissues.
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Biopesticide
A biopesticide is a biological substance or organism that damages, kills, or repels organisms seen as pests.
Brucella
Brucella is a genus of Gram-negative bacteria, named after David Bruce (1855–1931).
Calcium carbonate
Calcium carbonate is a chemical compound with the chemical formula.
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Canavalia ensiformis
Canavalia ensiformis (jack bean) is a legume which is used for animal fodder and human nutrition, especially in Brazil where it is called feijão-de-porco ("pig bean").
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Carbamate
In organic chemistry, a carbamate is a category of organic compounds with the general formula and structure, which are formally derived from carbamic acid.
Carbamic acid
Carbamic acid, which might also be called aminoformic acid or aminocarboxylic acid, is the chemical compound with the formula.
Carbon dioxide
Carbon dioxide is a chemical compound with the chemical formula.
Carbonate
A carbonate is a salt of carbonic acid,, characterized by the presence of the carbonate ion, a polyatomic ion with the formula.
Carbonic acid
Carbonic acid is a chemical compound with the chemical formula.
Carbonyl group
For organic chemistry, a carbonyl group is a functional group with the formula, composed of a carbon atom double-bonded to an oxygen atom, and it is divalent at the C atom.
Carboxylate
In organic chemistry, a carboxylate is the conjugate base of a carboxylic acid,. It is an ion with negative charge.
Catalysis
Catalysis is the increase in rate of a chemical reaction due to an added substance known as a catalyst.
Chelation
Chelation is a type of bonding of ions and the molecules to metal ions.
Chemotaxis
Chemotaxis (from chemo- + taxis) is the movement of an organism or entity in response to a chemical stimulus.
Circulatory system
The circulatory system is a system of organs that includes the heart, blood vessels, and blood which is circulated throughout the entire body of a human or other vertebrate.
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Cirrhosis
Cirrhosis, also known as liver cirrhosis or hepatic cirrhosis, and end-stage liver disease, is a condition of the liver in which the normal functioning tissue, or parenchyma, is replaced with scar tissue (fibrosis) and regenerative nodules as a result of chronic liver disease.
Cobalt
Cobalt is a chemical element; it has symbol Co and atomic number 27.
Corynebacterium urealyticum
Corynebacterium urealyticum is a bacterial species of the genus Corynebacterium.
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Cryptococcus
Cryptococcus is a genus of fungi in the family Cryptococcaceae that includes both yeasts and filamentous species.
Crystallization
Crystallization is the process by which solids form, where the atoms or molecules are highly organized into a structure known as a crystal.
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Cysteine
Cysteine (symbol Cys or C) is a semiessential proteinogenic amino acid with the formula.
Dalton (unit)
The dalton or unified atomic mass unit (symbols: Da or u) is a non-SI unit of mass defined as of the mass of an unbound neutral atom of carbon-12 in its nuclear and electronic ground state and at rest.
Dodecameric protein
A dodecameric protein has a quaternary structure consisting of 12 protein subunits in a complex.
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Electrophile
In chemistry, an electrophile is a chemical species that forms bonds with nucleophiles by accepting an electron pair.
Enzyme
Enzymes are proteins that act as biological catalysts by accelerating chemical reactions.
Enzyme inhibitor
An enzyme inhibitor is a molecule that binds to an enzyme and blocks its activity.
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Eutrophication
Eutrophication is a general term describing a process in which nutrients accumulate in a body of water, resulting in an increased growth of microorganisms that may deplete the oxygen of water.
Frédéric Alphonse Musculus
Frédéric Alphonse Musculus, born on July 16, 1829, in Soultz-sous-Forêts and died on May 26, 1888, in Strasbourg, was a French chemist.
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Fungus
A fungus (fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms.
Gastric acid
Gastric acid or stomach acid is the acidic component – hydrochloric acid of gastric juice, produced by parietal cells in the gastric glands of the stomach lining.
Gut microbiota
Gut microbiota, gut microbiome, or gut flora are the microorganisms, including bacteria, archaea, fungi, and viruses, that live in the digestive tracts of animals.
Helicobacter
Helicobacter is a genus of gram-negative bacteria possessing a characteristic helical shape.
Helicobacter pylori
Helicobacter pylori, previously known as Campylobacter pylori, is a gram-negative, flagellated, helical bacterium.
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Hepatic encephalopathy
Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is an altered level of consciousness as a result of liver failure.
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Hydrogen bond
In chemistry, a hydrogen bond (or H-bond) is primarily an electrostatic force of attraction between a hydrogen (H) atom which is covalently bonded to a more electronegative "donor" atom or group (Dn), and another electronegative atom bearing a lone pair of electrons—the hydrogen bond acceptor (Ac).
Hydrogen ion
A hydrogen ion is created when a hydrogen atom loses an electron.
Hydrolysis
Hydrolysis is any chemical reaction in which a molecule of water breaks one or more chemical bonds.
Hydroxide
Hydroxide is a diatomic anion with chemical formula OH−.
Hydroxycarbamide
Hydroxycarbamide, also known as hydroxyurea, is a medication used in sickle-cell disease, essential thrombocythemia, chronic myelogenous leukemia, polycythemia vera, and cervical cancer.
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Hyperammonemia
Hyperammonemia is a metabolic disturbance characterised by an excess of ammonia in the blood.
Imidazole
Imidazole (ImH) is an organic compound with the formula C3N2H4.
In vitro
In vitro (meaning in glass, or in the glass) studies are performed with microorganisms, cells, or biological molecules outside their normal biological context.
Invertebrate
Invertebrates is an umbrella term describing animals that neither develop nor retain a vertebral column (commonly known as a spine or backbone), which evolved from the notochord.
James B. Sumner
James Batcheller Sumner (November 19, 1887 – August 12, 1955) was an American biochemist.
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Klebsiella
Klebsiella is a genus of Gram-negative, oxidase-negative, rod-shaped bacteria with a prominent polysaccharide-based capsule.
Lewis acids and bases
A Lewis acid (named for the American physical chemist Gilbert N. Lewis) is a chemical species that contains an empty orbital which is capable of accepting an electron pair from a Lewis base to form a Lewis adduct.
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Living building material
A living building material (LBM) is a material used in construction or industrial design that behaves in a way resembling a living organism.
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Lumen (anatomy)
In biology, a lumen (lumina) is the inside space of a tubular structure, such as an artery or intestine.
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Manganese
Manganese is a chemical element; it has symbol Mn and atomic number 25.
In chemistry, metal aquo complexes are coordination compounds containing metal ions with only water as a ligand.
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Metalloprotein is a generic term for a protein that contains a metal ion cofactor.
Molar mass
In chemistry, the molar mass (or molecular weight) of a chemical compound is defined as the ratio between the mass and the amount of substance (measured in moles) of any sample of the compound.
Morganella morganii
Morganella morganii is a species of Gram-negative bacteria.
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Mucous membrane
A mucous membrane or mucosa is a membrane that lines various cavities in the body of an organism and covers the surface of internal organs.
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Mycoplasma
Mycoplasma is a genus of bacteria that, like the other members of the class Mollicutes, lack a cell wall, and its peptidoglycan, around their cell membrane.
N-(n-Butyl)thiophosphoric triamide
N-(n-Butyl)thiophosphoric triamide (NBPT) is the organophosphorus compound with the formula SP(NH2)2(NHC4H9).
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Neurotoxicity
Neurotoxicity is a form of toxicity in which a biological, chemical, or physical agent produces an adverse effect on the structure or function of the central and/or peripheral nervous system.
Nickel
Nickel is a chemical element; it has symbol Ni and atomic number 28.
Nitrogen
Nitrogen is a chemical element; it has symbol N and atomic number 7.
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi) is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of chemistry.
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Nocardia
Nocardia is a genus of weakly staining Gram-positive, catalase-positive, rod-shaped bacteria.
Oligomer
In chemistry and biochemistry, an oligomer is a molecule that consists of a few repeating units which could be derived, actually or conceptually, from smaller molecules, monomers.
Opportunistic infection
An opportunistic infection is an infection caused by pathogens (bacteria, fungi, parasites or viruses) that take advantage of an opportunity not normally available.
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Oxygen
Oxygen is a chemical element; it has symbol O and atomic number 8.
Pathogen
In biology, a pathogen (πάθος, "suffering", "passion" and -γενής, "producer of"), in the oldest and broadest sense, is any organism or agent that can produce disease.
Pathogenesis
In pathology, pathogenesis is the process by which a disease or disorder develops.
Pea
Pea (pisum in Latin) is a pulse, vegetable or fodder crop, but the word often refers to the seed or sometimes the pod of this flowering plant species.
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Periplasm
The periplasm is a concentrated gel-like matrix in the space between the inner cytoplasmic membrane and the bacterial outer membrane called the periplasmic space in Gram-negative (more accurately "diderm") bacteria.
PH
In chemistry, pH, also referred to as acidity or basicity, historically denotes "potential of hydrogen" (or "power of hydrogen").
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Phenyl phosphorodiamidate
Phenyl phosphorodiamidate is an organophosphorus compound with the formula C6H5OP(O)(NH2)2.
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Protein
Proteins are large biomolecules and macromolecules that comprise one or more long chains of amino acid residues.
Protein family
A protein family is a group of evolutionarily related proteins.
Protein subunit
In structural biology, a protein subunit is a polypeptide chain or single protein molecule that assembles (or "coassembles") with others to form a protein complex.
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Proteus (bacterium)
Proteus is a genus of Gram-negative bacteria.
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Proteus mirabilis
Proteus mirabilis is a Gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped bacterium.
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Proteus vulgaris
Proteus vulgaris is a rod-shaped, nitrate-reducing, indole-positive and catalase-positive, hydrogen sulfide-producing, Gram-negative bacterium that inhabits the intestinal tracts of humans and animals.
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Proton-gated urea channel
The proton-gated urea channel is an inner-membrane protein essential for the survival to Helicobacter pylori.
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Providencia (bacterium)
Providencia is genus of Gram-negative, motile bacteria of the family Morganellaceae.
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Quinolone antibiotic
Quinolone antibiotics constitute a large group of broad-spectrum bacteriocidals that share a bicyclic core structure related to the substance 4-quinolone.
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Rapid urease test
Rapid urease test, also known as the CLO test (Campylobacter-like organism test), is a rapid diagnostic test for diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori.
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Resonance
In physics, resonance refers to a wide class of phenomena that arise as a result of matching temporal or spatial periods of oscillatory objects.
Serratia
Serratia is a genus of Gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria of the family Enterobacteriaceae.
Soil enzyme
Soil enzymes are a group of enzymes found in soil.
Sporosarcina pasteurii
Sporosarcina pasteurii formerly known as Bacillus pasteurii from older taxonomies, is a gram positive bacterium with the ability to precipitate calcite and solidify sand given a calcium source and urea; through the process of microbiologically induced calcite precipitation (MICP) or biological cementation.
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Staphylococcus aureus
Staphylococcus aureus is a gram-positive spherically shaped bacterium, a member of the Bacillota, and is a usual member of the microbiota of the body, frequently found in the upper respiratory tract and on the skin.
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Staphylococcus saprophyticus
Staphylococcus saprophyticus is a Gram-positive coccus belonging to the genus Staphylococcus.
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Stoichiometry
Stoichiometry is the relationship between the weights of reactants and products before, during, and following chemical reactions.
Struvite
Struvite (magnesium ammonium phosphate) is a phosphate mineral with formula: NH4MgPO4·6H2O.
Thiourea
Thiourea is an organosulfur compound with the formula and the structure.
Tight junction
Tight junctions, also known as occluding junctions or zonulae occludentes (singular, zonula occludens), are multiprotein junctional complexes whose canonical function is to prevent leakage of solutes and water and seals between the epithelial cells.
Ulcer
An ulcer is a discontinuity or break in a bodily membrane that impedes normal function of the affected organ.
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Urea
Urea, also called carbamide (because it is a diamide of carbonic acid), is an organic compound with chemical formula.
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Urea carboxylase
In enzymology, a urea carboxylase is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction The 3 substrates of this enzyme are ATP, urea, and HCO3-, whereas its 3 products are ADP, phosphate, and urea-1-carboxylate (allophanate).
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Ureaplasma urealyticum
Ureaplasma urealyticum is a bacterium belonging to the genus Ureaplasma and the family Mycoplasmataceae in the order Mycoplasmatales.
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Watermelon
Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) is a flowering plant species of the Cucurbitaceae family and the name of its edible fruit.
X-ray absorption spectroscopy
X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) is a widely used technique for determining the local geometric and/or electronic structure of matter.
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Zwitterion
In chemistry, a zwitterion, also called an inner salt or dipolar ion, is a molecule that contains an equal number of positively and negatively charged functional groups.
See also
Nickel enzymes
- Carbon monoxide dehydrogenase
- Coenzyme F420 hydrogenase
- Cytochrome-c3 hydrogenase
- Ferredoxin hydrogenase
- Hydrogen dehydrogenase
- Lactoylglutathione lyase
- Superoxide dismutase
- Urease
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urease
Also known as EC 3.5.1.5, Urea amidohydrolase, Urease inhibitor, Urease-positive.
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