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pectinesterases

pectinesterases is the plural of pectinesterase.

Meaning of pectinesterase

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

Questions about pectinesterases

What is pectinesterases the plural of?
Pectinesterases is the plural of pectinesterase.

Words near pectinesterases in the dictionary

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

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