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metalloendoprotease

metalloendoprotease noun: any endoprotease that is a metalloenzyme.

Noun

metalloendoprotease (plural metalloendoproteases)

  1. any endoprotease that is a metalloenzyme
    • Following fertilization, ZP2 undergoes proteolytic cleavage by an oocyte-specific astacin-like metalloendoprotease, first reported as ovastacin (citation), released from the cortical granules, and sperm no longer bind to mouse embryos [22 ].2015 December 4, “Melamine Impairs Female Fertility via Suppressing Protein Level of Juno in Mouse Eggs”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of metalloendoprotease

pluralmetalloendoproteases

Origin of metalloendoprotease

From metallo- + endoprotease.

Questions about metalloendoprotease

What does metalloendoprotease mean?
Metalloendoprotease means any endoprotease that is a metalloenzyme.
What part of speech is metalloendoprotease?
Metalloendoprotease is a noun.
What is the plural of metalloendoprotease?
The plural of metalloendoprotease is metalloendoproteases.

Words near metalloendoprotease in the dictionary

  1. metalloelastases
  2. metalloenamine
  3. metalloenamines
  4. metalloendopeptidase
  5. metalloendopeptidases
  6. metalloendoprotease
  7. metalloendoproteases
  8. metalloendoproteinase
  9. metalloendoproteinases
  10. metalloenzymatic
  11. metalloenzyme

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