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fucosidase

fucosidase noun: any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a fucoside.

Noun

fucosidase (plural fucosidases)

  1. Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a fucoside.
    • All seven fucosidases belong to glycosyl hydrolase family 29 (GH 29).2016 January, Mateusz Lezyk, Carsten Jers, Louise Kjaerulff, Charlotte H Gotfredsen, Maria D Mikkelsen, Jørn D Mikkelsen, “Novel α-L-Fucosidases from a Soil Metagenome for Production of Fucosylated...

Forms of fucosidase

pluralfucosidases

Origin of fucosidase

From fucoside + -ase.

Questions about fucosidase

What does fucosidase mean?
Fucosidase means any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a fucoside.
What part of speech is fucosidase?
Fucosidase is a noun.
What is the plural of fucosidase?
The plural of fucosidase is fucosidases.

Words near fucosidase in the dictionary

  1. fucosan
  2. fucosans
  3. fucose
  4. fucoserratene
  5. fucoses
  6. fucosidase
  7. fucosidases
  8. fucoside
  9. fucosides
  10. fucosidoses
  11. fucosidosis

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