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matriptase

matriptase noun: an enzyme that cleaves various kinds of synthetic substrate.

Noun

matriptase (usually uncountable, plural matriptases)

  1. (usually) An enzyme that cleaves various kinds of synthetic substrate.
    • Stoichiometric release of 6-amidino-2-naphthol allowed highly sensitive fluorometric estimation of active-site concentration in preparations of matriptase and tryptase.2015 October 21, “Divergent Inhibitor Susceptibility among Airway Lumen-Accessible Tryptic Proteases”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of matriptase

pluralmatriptases

Origin of matriptase

From matri- (because of its use in treating breast cancer) + tryp(sin) + -ase?

Questions about matriptase

What does matriptase mean?
Matriptase means an enzyme that cleaves various kinds of synthetic substrate.
What part of speech is matriptase?
Matriptase is a noun.
What is the plural of matriptase?
The plural of matriptase is matriptases.

Words near matriptase in the dictionary

  1. matriotism
  2. matriots
  3. matriphagous
  4. matriphagy
  5. matripotestal
  6. matriptase
  7. matriptases
  8. matrisexual
  9. matrisexuality
  10. matrisib
  11. matrisibs

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