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exolytic

exolytic adjective: relating to exolysis.

Adjective

exolytic (not comparable)

  1. Relating to exolysis
    • The enzyme, known as VhGlcNAcase (formerly VhNag2), exhibited exolytic activity, degrading chitin oligosaccharides from the non-reducing end in a sequential manner, with GlcNAc monomer as the final product.2016 February 13, “Probing the Catalytic Mechanism of Vibrio harveyi GH20 ?-N -Acetylglucosaminidase by Chemical Rescue”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of exolytic

From exo- + -lytic.

Questions about exolytic

What does exolytic mean?
Exolytic means relating to exolysis.
What part of speech is exolytic?
Exolytic is an adjective.

Words near exolytic in the dictionary

  1. exolyase
  2. exolyases
  3. exolysin
  4. exolysins
  5. exolysis
  6. exolytic
  7. exolytically
  8. exomarker
  9. exomarkers
  10. ExoMars
  11. exome

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