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glucanase

glucanase noun: any enzyme that breaks down a glucan.

Noun

glucanase (plural glucanases)

  1. Any enzyme that breaks down a glucan

Forms of glucanase

pluralglucanases

Origin of glucanase

From glucan + -ase.

Words formed from glucanase

Questions about glucanase

What does glucanase mean?
Glucanase means any enzyme that breaks down a glucan.
What part of speech is glucanase?
Glucanase is a noun.
What is the plural of glucanase?
The plural of glucanase is glucanases.

Words near glucanase in the dictionary

  1. glucal
  2. glucametacin
  3. glucamide
  4. glucamine
  5. glucan
  6. glucanase
  7. glucanases
  8. glucanogenesis
  9. glucanohydrolase
  10. glucanohydrolases
  11. glucanolytic

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