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glycosylceramidase

glycosylceramidase noun: a hydrolase enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction glycosyl-N-acylsphingosine + H₂O ⇌ N-acylsphingosine + a sugar.

Noun

glycosylceramidase (countable and uncountable, plural glycosylceramidases)

  1. A hydrolase enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction glycosyl-N-acylsphingosine + H₂O ⇌ N-acylsphingosine + a sugar.

Forms of glycosylceramidase

pluralglycosylceramidases

Words formed from glycosylceramidase

Questions about glycosylceramidase

What does glycosylceramidase mean?
Glycosylceramidase means a hydrolase enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction glycosyl-N-acylsphingosine + H₂O ⇌ N-acylsphingosine + a sugar.
What part of speech is glycosylceramidase?
Glycosylceramidase is a noun.
What is the plural of glycosylceramidase?
The plural of glycosylceramidase is glycosylceramidases.

Words near glycosylceramidase in the dictionary

  1. glycosylates
  2. glycosylating
  3. glycosylation
  4. glycosylational
  5. glycosylations
  6. glycosylceramidase
  7. glycosylceramidases
  8. glycosylceramide
  9. glycosylceramides
  10. glycosylglycose
  11. glycosylglycoses

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