nucleotidase

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nu·cle·o·tid·ase

 (no͞o′klē-ə-tī′dās, -dāz, nyo͞o′-)
n.
An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a nucleotide to a nucleoside and phosphoric acid.
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nucleotidase

(ˌnjuːklɪəˈtaɪdeɪs; ˌnjuːklɪəˈtaɪdeɪz)
n
(Biochemistry) biochem a biochemical catalyst that facilitates the process of hydrolyzing or splitting a nucleotide and turning it into a phosphate and a nucleoside
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Differentials include haemoglobinopathies (thalassemias), lead or arsenic poisoning, unstable haemoglobins, severe infections, sideroblastic anaemia, megaloblastic anaemia and a rare inherited condition, pyrimidine 5' nucleotidase deficiency [14,22,42].
Clinical laboratory tests can show biliary obstruction, with elevated bilirubin, alkaline phosphatase, 50 nucleotidase, and gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase, especially with involvement of the common bile duct.
Effect of Scutia buxifolia Reissek in nucleotidase activities and inhibition of platelet aggregation.
Anticoagulant effect of Naja naja venom 5' nucleotidase: demonstration through the use of novel specificinhibitor vanillic acid.
M., 1970, "A specific colorimetric 5'nucleotidase assay utilizing the Berthelot reaction,".
I suggest MICRONUCLEATE, NUCLEOSIDASE and NUCLEOTIDASE, all in Websters 3d New International."
Inosine monophosphate may then be converted to inosine by 5' nucleotidase, which, in turn, is converted to hypoxanthine by the action of nucleoside phosphorylase.
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