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pectinesterase

pectinesterase noun: a ubiquitous cell-wall-associated enzyme that presents several isoforms that facilitate plant cell wall modification and subsequent breakdown, found in all higher plants as well as in some bacteria and fungi.

Noun

pectinesterase (countable and uncountable, plural pectinesterases)

  1. A ubiquitous cell-wall-associated enzyme that presents several isoforms that facilitate plant cell wall modification and subsequent breakdown, found in all higher plants as well as in some bacteria and fungi

Forms of pectinesterase

pluralpectinesterases

Origin of pectinesterase

From pectin + esterase.

Questions about pectinesterase

What does pectinesterase mean?
Pectinesterase means a ubiquitous cell-wall-associated enzyme that presents several isoforms that facilitate plant cell wall modification and subsequent breakdown, found in all higher plants as well as in some bacteria and fungi.
What part of speech is pectinesterase?
Pectinesterase is a noun.
What is the plural of pectinesterase?
The plural of pectinesterase is pectinesterases.

Words near pectinesterase in the dictionary

  1. pectination
  2. pectinations
  3. pectine
  4. pectineal
  5. pectinei
  6. pectinesterase
  7. pectinesterases
  8. pectineus
  9. pectinibranch
  10. pectinibranchial
  11. pectinibranchiate

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