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phosphatidase

phosphatidase noun: any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a lecithin or other phosphatide to a lysolecithin or other lysophospholipid.

Noun

phosphatidase (plural phosphatidases)

  1. Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a lecithin or other phosphatide to a lysolecithin or other lysophospholipid

Forms of phosphatidase

pluralphosphatidases

Origin of phosphatidase

From phosphatide + -ase.

Questions about phosphatidase

What does phosphatidase mean?
Phosphatidase means any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a lecithin or other phosphatide to a lysolecithin or other lysophospholipid.
What part of speech is phosphatidase?
Phosphatidase is a noun.
What is the plural of phosphatidase?
The plural of phosphatidase is phosphatidases.

Words near phosphatidase in the dictionary

  1. phosphatese
  2. phosphatian
  3. phosphatic
  4. phosphatic diathesis
  5. phosphatically
  6. phosphatidase
  7. phosphatidases
  8. phosphatidate
  9. phosphatidates
  10. phosphatide
  11. phosphatides

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