Word.ws English Dictionary

exopeptidase

exopeptidase noun: any of a group of enzymes which catalyze the removal of a single amino acid from the end of a polypeptide chain.

Noun

exopeptidase (plural exopeptidases)

  1. Any of a group of enzymes which catalyze the removal of a single amino acid from the end of a polypeptide chain

Forms of exopeptidase

pluralexopeptidases

Origin of exopeptidase

From exo- + peptide + -ase.

Words formed from exopeptidase

Questions about exopeptidase

What does exopeptidase mean?
Exopeptidase means any of a group of enzymes which catalyze the removal of a single amino acid from the end of a polypeptide chain.
What part of speech is exopeptidase?
Exopeptidase is a noun.
What is the plural of exopeptidase?
The plural of exopeptidase is exopeptidases.

Words near exopeptidase in the dictionary

  1. exopathogens
  2. exopause
  3. exopauses
  4. exopectinase
  5. exopectinases
  6. exopeptidase
  7. exopeptidases
  8. exoperidia
  9. exoperidial
  10. exoperidium
  11. exoperitrophic

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: exopeptidase (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “exopeptidase.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/exopeptidase. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.