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autoproteolysis

autoproteolysis noun: spontaneous proteolysis.

Noun

autoproteolysis (uncountable)

  1. Spontaneous proteolysis

Origin of autoproteolysis

From auto- + proteolysis.

Words formed from autoproteolysis

Questions about autoproteolysis

What does autoproteolysis mean?
Autoproteolysis means spontaneous proteolysis.
What part of speech is autoproteolysis?
Autoproteolysis is a noun.

Words near autoproteolysis in the dictionary

  1. autoprotease
  2. autoproteases
  3. autoprotective
  4. autoproteinase
  5. autoproteinases
  6. autoproteolysis
  7. autoproteolytic
  8. autoproteolytical
  9. autoproteolytically
  10. autoproteolyze
  11. autoproteolyzed

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