Multicopper
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Applied to a class of oxidase enzymes that oxidize their substrate by accepting electrons at a mononuclear copper centre and transferring them to a trinuclear copper centre. not-comparable
"Laccases (benzenediol: oxygen oxidoreductase, EC 1.10.3.2) are multicopper oxidases that catalyze oxidation of an extensive array of recalcitrant phenolic and nonphenolic compounds with simultaneous reduction of molecular oxygen to water (Rivera-Hoyos et al. 2013)."
Example
More examples"Laccases (benzenediol: oxygen oxidoreductase, EC 1.10.3.2) are multicopper oxidases that catalyze oxidation of an extensive array of recalcitrant phenolic and nonphenolic compounds with simultaneous reduction of molecular oxygen to water (Rivera-Hoyos et al. 2013)."
Etymology
From multi- + copper.
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