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pentapeptidase

pentapeptidase noun: any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a pentapeptide.

Noun

pentapeptidase (plural pentapeptidases)

  1. Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a pentapeptide
    • VanY, a d -Ala- d -Ala-specific pentapeptidase, evolved into VanXY through acquisition of the “bisubstrate loop,” which added hydrolysis of d -Ala- d -Ala to that of a d -Ala- d -Ala-containing pentapeptide.2015 August 11, Djalal Meziane-Cherif et al., “Structural and Functional Adaptation of Vancomycin Resistance VanT Serine Racemases”, in mBio, volume 6, →DOI

Forms of pentapeptidase

pluralpentapeptidases

Origin of pentapeptidase

From pentapeptide + -ase.

Questions about pentapeptidase

What does pentapeptidase mean?
Pentapeptidase means any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a pentapeptide.
What part of speech is pentapeptidase?
Pentapeptidase is a noun.
What is the plural of pentapeptidase?
The plural of pentapeptidase is pentapeptidases.

Words near pentapeptidase in the dictionary

  1. pentaoxides
  2. pentaoxo
  3. pentaoxolane
  4. pentapalladium
  5. pentapedal
  6. pentapeptidase
  7. pentapeptidases
  8. pentapeptide
  9. pentapeptides
  10. pentapeptidic
  11. pentapetalous

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