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carboxypeptidases

carboxypeptidases is the plural of carboxypeptidase.

Meaning of carboxypeptidase

Noun

carboxypeptidase (plural carboxypeptidases)

  1. Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of the terminal amino acid of a polypeptide/protein from the end that contains a free carboxyl group

Questions about carboxypeptidases

What is carboxypeptidases the plural of?
Carboxypeptidases is the plural of carboxypeptidase.

Words near carboxypeptidases in the dictionary

  1. carboxymyoglobin
  2. carboxynaphthofluorescein
  3. carboxypenicillin
  4. carboxypenicillins
  5. carboxypeptidase
  6. carboxypeptidases
  7. carboxyphenol
  8. carboxyphenols
  9. carboxyphenyl
  10. carboxyphenyls
  11. carboxyprothrombin

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