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amidolytic

amidolytic adjective: relating to the cleavage of amide groups (or, more specifically, of peptide bonds).

Adjective

amidolytic (not comparable)

  1. Relating to the cleavage of amide groups (or, more specifically, of peptide bonds)
    • Further, since lyso-SF binds gd-fXa, we hypothesize that lyso-SF binds fXa outside its Gla domain to inhibit fXa procoagulant activity whitout inhibiting fXa amidolytic activity.2015 August 11, Subramanian Yegneswaran et al., “Lyso-Sulfatide Binds Factor Xa and Inhibits Thrombin Generation by the Prothrombinase Complex”, in PLoS ONE, volume 10, →DOI

Origin of amidolytic

From amido- + -lytic.

Questions about amidolytic

What does amidolytic mean?
Amidolytic means relating to the cleavage of amide groups (or, more specifically, of peptide bonds).
What part of speech is amidolytic?
Amidolytic is an adjective.

Words near amidolytic in the dictionary

  1. amidol
  2. amidoligase
  3. amidoligases
  4. amidols
  5. amidolysis
  6. amidolytic
  7. amidolytically
  8. amidomethyl
  9. amidomethylation
  10. amidomethylations
  11. amidomethyls

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