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destabilase

destabilase noun: a form of lysozyme (isopeptidase) found in the secretions from the salivary glands of medicinal leeches.

Noun

destabilase (countable and uncountable, plural destabilases)

  1. A form of lysozyme (isopeptidase) found in the secretions from the salivary glands of medicinal leeches
    • Amino acid residues contributing to substrate binding are indicated by empty circles, those contributing to destabilase activity are indicated by black diamonds and those contributing to a potential dimerization are indicated by empty squares.2016 February 17, “Multiple I-Type Lysozymes in the Hydrothermal Vent Mussel Bathymodiolus azoricus and Their Role in Symbiotic Plasticity”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of destabilase

pluraldestabilases

Questions about destabilase

What does destabilase mean?
Destabilase means a form of lysozyme (isopeptidase) found in the secretions from the salivary glands of medicinal leeches.
What part of speech is destabilase?
Destabilase is a noun.
What is the plural of destabilase?
The plural of destabilase is destabilases.

Words near destabilase in the dictionary

  1. dessyatines
  2. dessyatins
  3. dest
  4. dest.
  5. Desta
  6. destabilase
  7. destabilases
  8. destabilisation
  9. destabilisations
  10. destabilise
  11. destabilised

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