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acetylhydrolase

acetylhydrolase noun: any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolytic removal of an acetyl group.

Noun

acetylhydrolase (plural acetylhydrolases)

  1. Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolytic removal of an acetyl group

Forms of acetylhydrolase

pluralacetylhydrolases

Origin of acetylhydrolase

From acetyl + hydrolase.

Words formed from acetylhydrolase

  • PAF acetylhydrolase

Questions about acetylhydrolase

What does acetylhydrolase mean?
Acetylhydrolase means any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolytic removal of an acetyl group.
What part of speech is acetylhydrolase?
Acetylhydrolase is a noun.
What is the plural of acetylhydrolase?
The plural of acetylhydrolase is acetylhydrolases.

Words near acetylhydrolase in the dictionary

  1. acetylglycine
  2. acetylhexosamine
  3. acetylhexosaminidase
  4. acetylhexosaminidases
  5. acetylhydrazine
  6. acetylhydrolase
  7. acetylhydrolases
  8. acetylic
  9. acetylide
  10. acetylides
  11. acetylinic

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