See Also: kynureninase(medicine)

Maecenas (iou) and kynureninase (medicine)


Maecenas (iou)



Maecenas noun. M16.
[Gaius Maecenas (d. 8 BC), Roman friend of Augustus, statesman, and patron of Horace and Virgil.]
A generous patron of literature or Art. Formerly also, any patron.
Maecenatism noun (long rare) patronage E17.

kynureninase (medicine)


kynureninase


A liver enzyme catalyzing the hydrolysis of the l-kynurenine side chain, with the formation of anthranilic acid and l-alanine, in l-tryptophan metabolism.