creatininase

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English

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Etymology

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creatinine +‎ -ase

Noun

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creatininase (plural creatininases)

  1. (biochemistry) An amidohydrolase enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of creatinine to creatine, which can then be metabolised to urea and sarcosine by creatinase.