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autoproteolyze

autoproteolyze verb: to undergo autoproteolysis.

Verb

autoproteolyze (third-person singular simple present autoproteolyzes, present participle autoproteolyzing, simple past and past participle autoproteolyzed)

  1. To undergo autoproteolysis

Forms of autoproteolyze

third-person singular presentautoproteolyzes
present participleautoproteolyzing
past participleautoproteolyzed
pastautoproteolyzed

Origin of autoproteolyze

From auto- + proteolyze.

Questions about autoproteolyze

What does autoproteolyze mean?
Autoproteolyze means to undergo autoproteolysis.
What part of speech is autoproteolyze?
Autoproteolyze is a verb.
What is the past tense of autoproteolyze?
The past tense of autoproteolyze is autoproteolyzed.

Words near autoproteolyze in the dictionary

  1. autoproteinases
  2. autoproteolysis
  3. autoproteolytic
  4. autoproteolytical
  5. autoproteolytically
  6. autoproteolyze
  7. autoproteolyzed
  8. autoprothrombin I
  9. autoprothrombin II
  10. autoprotolyses
  11. autoprotolysis

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