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metallohydrolase

metallohydrolase noun: any metalloenzyme that is a hydrolase.

Noun

metallohydrolase (plural metallohydrolases)

  1. Any metalloenzyme that is a hydrolase.
    • The catalytic role of metal ions in metallohydrolases, such as carboxypeptidase, can be explained in two alternative ways […]1977, “Intramolecular catalysis of ester hydrolysis by metal complexed hydroxide ion. Acyl oxygen bond scission in cobalt (2+) and nickel (2+) carboxylic acid complexes”, in Journal of the American...
    • Such metallohydrolases are thought to critically alter mucus properties.2015 July 11, “The Goblet Cell Protein Clca1 (Alias mClca3 or Gob-5) Is Not Required for Intestinal Mucus Synthesis, Structure and Barrier Function in Naive or DSS-Challenged Mice”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of metallohydrolase

pluralmetallohydrolases

Origin of metallohydrolase

From metallo- + hydrolase.

Questions about metallohydrolase

What does metallohydrolase mean?
Metallohydrolase means any metalloenzyme that is a hydrolase.
What part of speech is metallohydrolase?
Metallohydrolase is a noun.
What is the plural of metallohydrolase?
The plural of metallohydrolase is metallohydrolases.

Words near metallohydrolase in the dictionary

  1. metallographies
  2. metallographist
  3. metallographists
  4. metallographs
  5. metallography
  6. metallohydrolase
  7. metallohydrolases
  8. metalloid
  9. metalloidal
  10. metalloids
  11. metalloimmunoassay

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