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cutinase

cutinase noun: cutin hydrolase, an enzyme that hydrolyzes cutin.

Noun

cutinase (plural cutinases)

  1. cutin hydrolase, an enzyme that hydrolyzes cutin

Forms of cutinase

pluralcutinases

Origin of cutinase

From cutin + -ase.

Words formed from cutinase

Questions about cutinase

What does cutinase mean?
Cutinase means cutin hydrolase, an enzyme that hydrolyzes cutin.
What part of speech is cutinase?
Cutinase is a noun.
What is the plural of cutinase?
The plural of cutinase is cutinases.

Words near cutinase in the dictionary

  1. cutigeral
  2. cutikins
  3. Cutillo
  4. Cutillos
  5. cutin
  6. cutinase
  7. cutinases
  8. cutinisation
  9. cutinise
  10. cutinised
  11. cutinises

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