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metallohydrolases

metallohydrolases is the plural of metallohydrolase.

Meaning of metallohydrolase

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...

Questions about metallohydrolases

What is metallohydrolases the plural of?
Metallohydrolases is the plural of metallohydrolase.

Words near metallohydrolases in the dictionary

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

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