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An enzyme that changes the chief nitrogen-containing waste product excreted by mammals into ammonium carbonate, occurring in bacteria, fungi, etc.

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  • An enzyme called urease is produced by certain bacteria in the urinary tract.
  • H. pylori uses an enzyme called urease to attach to and infect the inside of the stomach.
  • Tests showed that urease is also a protein, making this the first ever protein to be crystallized.
  • H. pylori depends on a protein called urease to bind to and infect the stomach lining, and so the scientists created a urease antibody called IgY-urease...
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