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isopeptidase

isopeptidase noun: any enzyme that catalyzes the cleavage of an isopeptide bond, especially that between the terminal diglycine attached to ubiquitin.

Noun

isopeptidase (plural isopeptidases)

  1. Any enzyme that catalyzes the cleavage of an isopeptide bond, especially that between the terminal diglycine attached to ubiquitin

Forms of isopeptidase

pluralisopeptidases

Origin of isopeptidase

From isopeptide + -ase.

Words formed from isopeptidase

Questions about isopeptidase

What does isopeptidase mean?
Isopeptidase means any enzyme that catalyzes the cleavage of an isopeptide bond, especially that between the terminal diglycine attached to ubiquitin.
What part of speech is isopeptidase?
Isopeptidase is a noun.
What is the plural of isopeptidase?
The plural of isopeptidase is isopeptidases.

Words near isopeptidase in the dictionary

  1. isopentenyltransferases
  2. isopentyl
  3. isopentylamine
  4. isopentyls
  5. isopepsin
  6. isopeptidase
  7. isopeptidases
  8. isopeptide
  9. isopeptides
  10. isopeptidic
  11. isoperformance

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