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pentapeptidases

pentapeptidases is the plural of pentapeptidase.

Meaning of pentapeptidase

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

Questions about pentapeptidases

What is pentapeptidases the plural of?
Pentapeptidases is the plural of pentapeptidase.

Words near pentapeptidases in the dictionary

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

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