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atroxase

atroxase noun: an endopeptidase enzyme, found in the venom of the diamondback rattlesnake Crotalus atrox, that catalyzes the cleavage of His⁵-Leu, Ser⁹-His, His¹⁰-Leu, Ala¹⁴-Leu and Tyr¹⁶-Leu of insulin B chain.

Noun

atroxase (uncountable)

  1. An endopeptidase enzyme, found in the venom of the diamondback rattlesnake Crotalus atrox, that catalyzes the cleavage of His⁵-Leu, Ser⁹-His, His¹⁰-Leu, Ala¹⁴-Leu and Tyr¹⁶-Leu of insulin B chain.

Origin of atroxase

From Latin atrox + -ase.

Questions about atroxase

What does atroxase mean?
Atroxase means an endopeptidase enzyme, found in the venom of the diamondback rattlesnake Crotalus atrox, that catalyzes the cleavage of His⁵-Leu, Ser⁹-His, His¹⁰-Leu, Ala¹⁴-Leu and Tyr¹⁶-Leu of insulin B chain.
What part of speech is atroxase?
Atroxase is a noun.

Words near atroxase in the dictionary

  1. atrout
  2. atrouted
  3. atrouts
  4. atrovastatin
  5. atroviolaceous
  6. atroxase
  7. ATryn
  8. atrypacean
  9. atrypaceans
  10. atrypid
  11. atrypide

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