notatin
/nəʊˈteɪtɪn/Biochemistry. Now rare
noun
The enzyme glucose oxidase, a flavoprotein which catalyses the oxidation of glucose to d-glucono-δ-lactone and hydrogen peroxide, and which is produced by various microfungi (especially Penicillium species).
- Glucose oxidase has some antibacterial activity (because of the generation of hydrogen peroxide), but is used chiefly in assays of glucose levels..
Origin
1940s. From scientific Latin notatum, specific epithet (of Penicillium notatum) + -in.