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endoglucanase

endoglucanase noun: any glucanase/cellulase that is active within the organism that produced it.

Noun

endoglucanase (plural endoglucanases)

  1. Any glucanase/cellulase that is active within the organism that produced it.
  2. Any glucanase/cellulase that cleaves internal glycoside bonds in a glucose polymer, as opposed to clipping off a terminal glucose from one end of a polymeric chain.

Forms of endoglucanase

pluralendoglucanases

Origin of endoglucanase

From endo- + glucanase.

Questions about endoglucanase

What does endoglucanase mean?
Endoglucanase means any glucanase/cellulase that is active within the organism that produced it.
What part of speech is endoglucanase?
Endoglucanase is a noun.
What is the plural of endoglucanase?
The plural of endoglucanase is endoglucanases.

Words near endoglucanase in the dictionary

  1. endoglacial
  2. endoglin
  3. endoglobar
  4. endoglobular
  5. endoglossic
  6. endoglucanase
  7. endoglucanases
  8. endoglucase
  9. endoglucases
  10. endoglycan
  11. endoglycanase

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