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metallproteinase

metallproteinase is the alternative form of metalloproteinase.

Meaning of metalloproteinase

Noun

metalloproteinase (plural metalloproteinases)

  1. Any of several proteinases that have a metal atom (often zinc) at their active centre

Forms of metallproteinase

pluralmetallproteinases

Questions about metallproteinase

What is metallproteinase the alternative form of?
Metallproteinase is the alternative form of metalloproteinase.

Words near metallproteinase in the dictionary

  1. metallous
  2. metallozeolite
  3. metallozeolites
  4. metallozyme
  5. metallozymes
  6. metallproteinase
  7. metallproteinases
  8. metallurgic
  9. metallurgic engineer
  10. metallurgic engineers
  11. metallurgical

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Adapted from Wiktionary: metallproteinase (page history and authors); metalloproteinase (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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