
Urease - Wikipedia
Urease is important because of its role in the nitrogen cycle as a key catalyst in the reaction converting urea to ammonium and CO 2. Urease occurs as a soil enzyme, likely because soil …
What Is Urease and What Is Its Function? - Biology Insights
Jul 30, 2025 · Urease is an enzyme, a biological catalyst, found widely in nature across various organisms and environments. It facilitates the breakdown of urea, a nitrogen-containing …
Urease - Helicobacter pylori - NCBI Bookshelf
Urease is a high molecular weight multisubunit metalloenzyme. It appears that all ureases are closely related and have similar mechanisms of catalysis. It is interesting that such a complex …
Urease - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics
Urease is a nickel-containing enzyme encoded by several microorganisms and plants since its physiological role, involving the conversion of urea into ammonia, is crucial for their survival …
Urease | Nitrogen Fixation, Bacteria, Microbes | Britannica
urease, an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of urea, forming ammonia and carbon dioxide. Found in large quantities in jack beans, soybeans, and other plant seeds, it also occurs in …
Urease - Proteopedia, life in 3D
Urease (Urea Amidohydrolase EC 3.5.1.5) catalyzes the hydrolysis of urea to ammonia and carbon dioxide, thus allowing organisms to use exogenous and internally generated urea as a …
Urease: Structure, Function, and Applications Explained - Vedantu
Urease is an enzyme that catalyzes urea hydrolysis, forming carbon dioxide and ammonia. It is found in large quantities in soybeans, jack beans, and other plant seeds and also occurs in …
Urease – Knowledge and References – Taylor & Francis
Urease is an enzyme that catalyzes the breakdown of urea into ammonia and carbon dioxide. It is found in various organisms including plants, fungi, algae, and bacteria. Urease-producing …
Ureases in nature: Multifaceted roles and implications for ...
Urease, a multifunctional enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of urea into ammonia, plays a pivotal role in nitrogen metabolism across diverse organisms.
Microbial Urease in Health and Disease | PLOS Pathogens
Dec 11, 2014 · Urease is a urea amidohydrolase (EC 3.5.1.5) that catalyzes the hydrolysis of urea to yield ammonia and carbamate, which spontaneously decomposes to yield a second …