dictionary help| thiaminase II --> thiaminase | medical dictionary |
1. An enzyme present in raw fish that destroys thiamin and may produce thiamin deficiency in animals on a diet largely composed of raw fish.
2. A hydrolase cleaving thiamin into a pyrimidine moiety (i.e., 2-methyl-4-amino-5-hydroxymethylpyrimidine) and a thiazole moiety (i.e., 4-methyl-5-(2'-hydroxyethyl)-thiazole); the pyrimidine moiety may appear in the urine as pyramin.
Synonyms: thiaminase II.
(05 Mar 2000)
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