urocanic acid (English, noun)
expansion: urocanic acid (uncountable)
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topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An intermediate in the catabolism of L-histidine, transformed in the liver by urocanate hydratase (or urocanase) into 4-imidazolone-5-propionic acid and subsequently to glutamic acid.
tags: uncountable
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