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lactonohydrolase

lactonohydrolase noun: an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of intramolecular carboxylic ester bonds within lactone rings.

Noun

lactonohydrolase (countable and uncountable, plural lactonohydrolases)

  1. An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of intramolecular carboxylic ester bonds within lactone rings.

Forms of lactonohydrolase

plurallactonohydrolases

Questions about lactonohydrolase

What does lactonohydrolase mean?
Lactonohydrolase means an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of intramolecular carboxylic ester bonds within lactone rings.
What part of speech is lactonohydrolase?
Lactonohydrolase is a noun.
What is the plural of lactonohydrolase?
The plural of lactonohydrolase is lactonohydrolases.

Words near lactonohydrolase in the dictionary

  1. lactonizations
  2. lactonize
  3. lactonized
  4. lactonizes
  5. lactonizing
  6. lactonohydrolase
  7. lactonolysis
  8. lactonolytic
  9. lactoovovegetarian
  10. lactoovovegetarians
  11. lactoperoxidase

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