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phosphoprotease

phosphoprotease noun: any protease that cleaves phosphoproteins.

Noun

phosphoprotease (plural phosphoproteases)

  1. Any protease that cleaves phosphoproteins

Forms of phosphoprotease

pluralphosphoproteases

Origin of phosphoprotease

From phospho- + protease.

Questions about phosphoprotease

What does phosphoprotease mean?
Phosphoprotease means any protease that cleaves phosphoproteins.
What part of speech is phosphoprotease?
Phosphoprotease is a noun.
What is the plural of phosphoprotease?
The plural of phosphoprotease is phosphoproteases.

Words near phosphoprotease in the dictionary

  1. phosphopeptidomimetic
  2. phosphophorylated
  3. phosphophyllite
  4. phosphophyllites
  5. phosphoprofiling
  6. phosphoprotease
  7. phosphoproteases
  8. phosphoprotein
  9. phosphoproteinomics
  10. phosphoproteins
  11. phosphoprotemics

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