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diisopropylfluorophosphatase

diisopropylfluorophosphatase is the alternative form of diisopropyl-fluorophosphatase.

Meaning of diisopropyl-fluorophosphatase

Noun

diisopropyl-fluorophosphatase (countable and uncountable, plural diisopropyl-fluorophosphatases, abbreviation DFPase)

  1. An enzyme that breaks down the toxic compound diisopropyl fluorophosphate by hydrolyzing it into less harmful products, helping detoxify organophosphate nerve-agent-like chemicals.

Forms of diisopropylfluorophosphatase

pluraldiisopropylfluorophosphatases

Questions about diisopropylfluorophosphatase

What is diisopropylfluorophosphatase the alternative form of?
Diisopropylfluorophosphatase is the alternative form of diisopropyl-fluorophosphatase.

Words near diisopropylfluorophosphatase in the dictionary

  1. diisopropyl-fluorophosphatases
  2. diisopropylamine
  3. diisopropylamino
  4. diisopropylaminos
  5. diisopropylethylamine
  6. diisopropylfluorophosphatase
  7. diisopropylfluorophosphatases
  8. diisopropylfluorophosphate
  9. diisopropylphenol
  10. diisopropylphenols
  11. diisopropylphenyl

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