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glycanase

glycanase noun: any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a glycan.

Noun

glycanase (plural glycanases)

  1. Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a glycan

Forms of glycanase

pluralglycanases

Origin of glycanase

From glycan + -ase.

Words formed from glycanase

Questions about glycanase

What does glycanase mean?
Glycanase means any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a glycan.
What part of speech is glycanase?
Glycanase is a noun.
What is the plural of glycanase?
The plural of glycanase is glycanases.

Words near glycanase in the dictionary

  1. glycaemic indexes
  2. glycaemic indices
  3. glycal
  4. glycals
  5. glycan
  6. glycanase
  7. glycanases
  8. glycanated
  9. glycanation
  10. glycanhydrolase
  11. glycanhydrolases

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