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polyglutamylase

polyglutamylase noun: any enzyme that catalyzes polyglutamylation.

Noun

polyglutamylase (countable and uncountable, plural polyglutamylases)

  1. Any enzyme that catalyzes polyglutamylation.
    • Tubulin tyrosine ligase-like (TTLL) proteins show polyglutamylase activity for tubulin in mammalian cells.2015 November 13, “Polyglutamylated Tubulin Binding Protein C1orf96/CSAP Is Involved in Microtubule Stabilization in Mitotic Spindles”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of polyglutamylase

pluralpolyglutamylases

Origin of polyglutamylase

From poly- + glutamyl + -ase.

Questions about polyglutamylase

What does polyglutamylase mean?
Polyglutamylase means any enzyme that catalyzes polyglutamylation.
What part of speech is polyglutamylase?
Polyglutamylase is a noun.
What is the plural of polyglutamylase?
The plural of polyglutamylase is polyglutamylases.

Words near polyglutamylase in the dictionary

  1. polyglutamations
  2. polyglutamic acid
  3. polyglutamine
  4. polyglutamines
  5. polyglutamyl
  6. polyglutamylase
  7. polyglutamylases
  8. polyglutamylate
  9. polyglutamylated
  10. polyglutamylating
  11. polyglutamylation

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