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deglycosylase

deglycosylase noun: any enzyme that catalyses the removal of glycosyl groups.

Noun

deglycosylase (plural deglycosylases)

  1. Any enzyme that catalyses the removal of glycosyl groups
    • To deglycosylate the WT hENT1 and ∆IL6, 100 μg of the proteins were incubated with 10 μl of the deglycosylase mix (NEB) at 37°C and analyzed by SDS-PAGE. Each experiment was performed in triplicate on different batches of oocytes.2015 September 26, “The Role of Flexible Loops in Folding, Trafficking and Activity of Equilibrative Nucleoside Transporters”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of deglycosylase

pluraldeglycosylases

Origin of deglycosylase

From de- + glycosyl + -ase.

Questions about deglycosylase

What does deglycosylase mean?
Deglycosylase means any enzyme that catalyses the removal of glycosyl groups.
What part of speech is deglycosylase?
Deglycosylase is a noun.
What is the plural of deglycosylase?
The plural of deglycosylase is deglycosylases.

Words near deglycosylase in the dictionary

  1. deglycopeptide
  2. deglycopeptides
  3. deglycosidase
  4. deglycosidases
  5. deglycosilation
  6. deglycosylase
  7. deglycosylases
  8. deglycosylate
  9. deglycosylated
  10. deglycosylates
  11. deglycosylating

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