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polysaccharidase

polysaccharidase noun: any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a polysaccharide.

Noun

polysaccharidase (plural polysaccharidases)

  1. Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a polysaccharide
    Synonyms:
    polysaccharase

Synonyms of polysaccharidase

Forms of polysaccharidase

pluralpolysaccharidases

Origin of polysaccharidase

From polysaccharide + -ase.

Questions about polysaccharidase

What does polysaccharidase mean?
Polysaccharidase means any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a polysaccharide.
What part of speech is polysaccharidase?
Polysaccharidase is a noun.
What is the plural of polysaccharidase?
The plural of polysaccharidase is polysaccharidases.

Words near polysaccharidase in the dictionary

  1. polyrotaxanes
  2. polys
  3. polysaccharase
  4. polysaccharases
  5. polysaccharidal
  6. polysaccharidase
  7. polysaccharidases
  8. polysaccharide
  9. polysaccharides
  10. polysaccharidic
  11. polysaccharopeptide

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