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Meaning of nitrilase | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Any of a class of enzymes that catalyse the hydrolysis of nitriles to carboxylic acids and ammonia, without the formation of "free" amide intermediates.

countable, uncountable

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

nitrile nitrile imide nitrile rubber nitrilimine nitrilium nitriloacetate

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