Nitrogenase

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any enzyme, especially in nitrogen-fixing bacteria, that catalyzes the conversion of atmospheric nitrogen into ammonia.
  2. 2
    an enzyme of nitrogen-fixing microorganisms that catalyzes the conversion of nitrogen to ammonia wordnet

Etymology

From nitrogen + -ase.

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