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deacylase

deacylase noun: any hydrolase that removes an acyl group by hydrolysis.

Noun

deacylase (plural deacylases)

  1. Any hydrolase that removes an acyl group by hydrolysis
    • They exhibit a diverse range of functional categories that include porin, transporter, adhesin, lipase, protease, deacylase, pore-forming toxin, and assembly factors [2 ,3 ].2015 December 23, “PredβTM: A Novel β-Transmembrane Region Prediction Algorithm”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of deacylase

pluraldeacylases

Origin of deacylase

From de- + acylase.

Questions about deacylase

What does deacylase mean?
Deacylase means any hydrolase that removes an acyl group by hydrolysis.
What part of speech is deacylase?
Deacylase is a noun.
What is the plural of deacylase?
The plural of deacylase is deacylases.

Words near deacylase in the dictionary

  1. deactualization
  2. deactualizations
  3. deactylase
  4. deactylation
  5. deacyl
  6. deacylase
  7. deacylases
  8. deacylate
  9. deacylated
  10. deacylates
  11. deacylating

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