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What does hydrogenase mean?

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Noun
  1. (biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the formation of hydrogen, or the reversible oxidation of hydrogen.
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This technology is based on combining the photosynthetic capacity of chlorophyll from vegetable cells and the hydrogenase activity of an enzyme of bacterial origin.
Two nickel-containing enzymes, the hydrogen uptake hydrogenase and urease, are required for colonization and persistence in the stomach.
Among 127 sequences were classified to possess hydrogenase activity, and 26 sequences were matched with carbohydrate-degrading enzymes.
The hydrogenase was purified from the crude membrane fraction according to the reported method.
It is now known to be responsible for a set of genes, including those for formate hydrogenase.
However, a specific enzyme, hydrogenase, may lead to non-negligible H2 formation even within natural systems.

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