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lactonases

lactonases is the plural of lactonase.

Meaning of lactonase

Noun

lactonase (countable and uncountable, plural lactonases)

  1. A metalloenzyme, produced by certain bacteria, that targets and inactivates acylated homoserine lactones (AHLs)

Questions about lactonases

What is lactonases the plural of?
Lactonases is the plural of lactonase.

Words near lactonases in the dictionary

  1. lactometer
  2. lactometers
  3. lactometric
  4. lactometry
  5. lactonase
  6. lactonases
  7. lactonazi
  8. lactonazis
  9. lactone
  10. lactones
  11. lactonic

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