How do you use Hydroxylase in a sentence? See 8 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Hydroxylase in a sentence
Hydroxylase meaning
Any of several enzymes that catalyze the oxidation of compounds by the introduction of hydroxyl groups.
Using Hydroxylase
- The main meaning on this page is: Any of several enzymes that catalyze the oxidation of compounds by the introduction of hydroxyl groups.
- In the example corpus, hydroxylase often appears in combinations such as: phenylalanine hydroxylase, tyrosine hydroxylase, hydroxylase and.
Context around Hydroxylase
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 3 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Hydroxylase
- In this selection, "hydroxylase" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 22.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, tryptophan, phenylalanine, acid, tph, pah and top stand out and add context to how "hydroxylase" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include absent phenylalanine hydroxylase pah enzyme and amino acid hydroxylase. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "hydroxylase" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with hydroxylase
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Phenylketonuria is caused by absent or virtually absent phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH) enzyme activity. (13 words)
Serotonin is synthesized from tryptophan by tryptophan hydroxylase, and then further by aromatic acid decarboxylase. (15 words)
Phenylalanine serves as a precursor by first being converted to L -tyrosine by L-amino acid hydroxylase. (17 words)
Phloretic acid is also a urinary metabolite of tyrosine in rats. citation Ortho- and meta-tyrosine Enzymatic oxidation of tyrosine by phenylalanine hydroxylase (top) and non-enyzmatic oxidation by hydroxyl free radicals (middle and bottom). (35 words)
In animals including humans, serotonin is synthesized from the amino acid L - tryptophan by a short metabolic pathway consisting of two enzymes : tryptophan hydroxylase (TPH) and aromatic amino acid decarboxylase (DDC). (31 words)
Severe diseases such as scurvy can result from defects in this hydroxylation, e.g., mutations in the enzyme prolyl hydroxylase or lack of the necessary ascorbate (vitamin C) cofactor. (29 words)
Example sentences (8)
They are located within the mitochondria and require adrenodoxin as a cofactor (except 21-hydroxylase and 17α-hydroxylase ).
In animals including humans, serotonin is synthesized from the amino acid L - tryptophan by a short metabolic pathway consisting of two enzymes : tryptophan hydroxylase (TPH) and aromatic amino acid decarboxylase (DDC).
Phenylalanine serves as a precursor by first being converted to L -tyrosine by L-amino acid hydroxylase.
Phenylketonuria is caused by absent or virtually absent phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH) enzyme activity.
Phloretic acid is also a urinary metabolite of tyrosine in rats. citation Ortho- and meta-tyrosine Enzymatic oxidation of tyrosine by phenylalanine hydroxylase (top) and non-enyzmatic oxidation by hydroxyl free radicals (middle and bottom).
Serotonin is synthesized from tryptophan by tryptophan hydroxylase, and then further by aromatic acid decarboxylase.
Severe diseases such as scurvy can result from defects in this hydroxylation, e.g., mutations in the enzyme prolyl hydroxylase or lack of the necessary ascorbate (vitamin C) cofactor.
The last part is mediated either by the aldosterone synthase (for aldosterone ) or by the 11β-hydroxylase (for corticosterone ).
Common combinations with hydroxylase
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: