dehydrase

Etymology
Formed as +, by analogy with the.

Noun

 * 1) * 1939, Sir Thomas Edward Thorpe, A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry [4th ed.], volume 3, page 553, column 2
 * Citric acid dehydrase is present in the liver and in vegetable material acting on citric acid.
 * 1) * 1959, N. Campbell [contrib.] and Ernest Harry Rodd [ed.], Chemistry of Carbon Compounds, volume 4B, chapter 8, page 942
 * Freudenberg also postulates a second process whereby catechins in the presence of dehydrases undergo condensation by dehydrogenation.
 * 1) * 1959, N. Campbell [contrib.] and Ernest Harry Rodd [ed.], Chemistry of Carbon Compounds, volume 4B, chapter 8, page 942
 * Freudenberg also postulates a second process whereby catechins in the presence of dehydrases undergo condensation by dehydrogenation.

Usage notes

 * The polysemic term has been superseded by the more specific terms  and  since its proscription by the IUBMB in 1961.