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photolyase

photolyase noun: an enzyme that repairs DNA that has been damaged by light.

Noun

photolyase (countable and uncountable, plural photolyases)

  1. An enzyme that repairs DNA that has been damaged by light.

Forms of photolyase

pluralphotolyases

Origin of photolyase

From photo- + lyase.

Questions about photolyase

What does photolyase mean?
Photolyase means an enzyme that repairs DNA that has been damaged by light.
What part of speech is photolyase?
Photolyase is a noun.
What is the plural of photolyase?
The plural of photolyase is photolyases.

Words near photolyase in the dictionary

  1. photoluminesces
  2. photoluminescing
  3. photolurker
  4. photolurkers
  5. photolurking
  6. photolyase
  7. photolyases
  8. photolysable
  9. photolysate
  10. photolysates
  11. photolyse

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