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acetamidase

acetamidase noun: any amidase that acts on an acetamide unit.

Noun

acetamidase (plural acetamidases)

  1. Any amidase that acts on an acetamide unit
    • The first equivalent system in mycobacteria, the acetamide-inducible system based on the Mycobacterium smegmatis (Msmeg) endogenous acetamidase promoter [13 ], was developed as late as in 1997.2015 September 9, “Benzoic Acid-Inducible Gene Expression in Mycobacteria”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of acetamidase

pluralacetamidases

Origin of acetamidase

From acetamide + -ase.

Questions about acetamidase

What does acetamidase mean?
Acetamidase means any amidase that acts on an acetamide unit.
What part of speech is acetamidase?
Acetamidase is a noun.
What is the plural of acetamidase?
The plural of acetamidase is acetamidases.

Words near acetamidase in the dictionary

  1. acetalized
  2. acetalizes
  3. acetalizing
  4. acetals
  5. acetamid
  6. acetamidase
  7. acetamidases
  8. acetamidation
  9. acetamidations
  10. acetamide
  11. acetamides

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