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archaeosortase

archaeosortase noun: an enzyme, in some archaea, that modifies protein sorting.

Noun

archaeosortase (plural archaeosortases)

  1. An enzyme, in some archaea, that modifies protein sorting

Forms of archaeosortase

pluralarchaeosortases

Origin of archaeosortase

From archaea + -o- + sort + -ase.

Questions about archaeosortase

What does archaeosortase mean?
Archaeosortase means an enzyme, in some archaea, that modifies protein sorting.
What part of speech is archaeosortase?
Archaeosortase is a noun.
What is the plural of archaeosortase?
The plural of archaeosortase is archaeosortases.

Words near archaeosortase in the dictionary

  1. archaeoseismological
  2. archaeoseismology
  3. archaeosomal
  4. archaeosome
  5. archaeosomes
  6. archaeosortase
  7. archaeosortases
  8. archaeostracan
  9. archaeostracans
  10. archaeostratigraphic
  11. archaeostratigraphy

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