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glycosylase

glycosylase noun: any enzyme that splits a glycoside into a glycone and aglycone.

Noun

glycosylase (plural glycosylases)

  1. Any enzyme that splits a glycoside into a glycone and aglycone

Forms of glycosylase

pluralglycosylases

Origin of glycosylase

From glycosyl + -ase.

Words formed from glycosylase

Questions about glycosylase

What does glycosylase mean?
Glycosylase means any enzyme that splits a glycoside into a glycone and aglycone.
What part of speech is glycosylase?
Glycosylase is a noun.
What is the plural of glycosylase?
The plural of glycosylase is glycosylases.

Words near glycosylase in the dictionary

  1. glycosyl-amino-acids
  2. glycosylamine
  3. glycosylamines
  4. glycosylaminogylcan
  5. glycosylaminogylcans
  6. glycosylase
  7. glycosylases
  8. glycosylate
  9. glycosylated
  10. glycosylates
  11. glycosylating

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