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naphthylamidase

naphthylamidase noun: any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a naphthylamide, especially one of an amino acid.

Noun

naphthylamidase (plural naphthylamidases)

  1. Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a naphthylamide, especially one of an amino acid

Forms of naphthylamidase

pluralnaphthylamidases

Origin of naphthylamidase

From naphthylamide + -ase.

Questions about naphthylamidase

What does naphthylamidase mean?
Naphthylamidase means any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a naphthylamide, especially one of an amino acid.
What part of speech is naphthylamidase?
Naphthylamidase is a noun.
What is the plural of naphthylamidase?
The plural of naphthylamidase is naphthylamidases.

Words near naphthylamidase in the dictionary

  1. naphthoylindole
  2. naphthoylindoles
  3. naphthyl
  4. naphthylalanine
  5. naphthylalanines
  6. naphthylamidase
  7. naphthylamidases
  8. naphthylamide
  9. naphthylamides
  10. naphthylamine
  11. naphthylamines

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