Definition of "oxygenases" [oxygenases]

• Plural form of oxygenase. (noun)

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• "'Previous work from Oxford has shown that some of these enzymes, called oxygenases, affect which genes are expressed in response to low levels of oxygen."
• "Psi factors are fatty acid-derived molecules that regulate the balance between sexual and asexual life cycles in many fungi; these psi factors are generated by enzymes known as psi factor-producing oxygenases (Ppos)."
• "They include numerous complex monooxygenases (mixed function oxygenases)."