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arylesterase

arylesterase noun: any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of an aryl ester.

Noun

arylesterase (plural arylesterases)

  1. Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of an aryl ester

Forms of arylesterase

pluralarylesterases

Origin of arylesterase

From aryl ester + -ase.

Questions about arylesterase

What does arylesterase mean?
Arylesterase means any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of an aryl ester.
What part of speech is arylesterase?
Arylesterase is a noun.
What is the plural of arylesterase?
The plural of arylesterase is arylesterases.

Words near arylesterase in the dictionary

  1. aryldialkylphosphatases
  2. aryldiazonium
  3. aryldiazoniums
  4. arylene
  5. arylenes
  6. arylesterase
  7. arylesterases
  8. arylformamidase
  9. arylformamidases
  10. arylfuran
  11. arylfurans

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