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porphyranase

porphyranase noun: any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a porphyran.

Noun

porphyranase (plural porphyranases)

  1. Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a porphyran

Forms of porphyranase

pluralporphyranases

Origin of porphyranase

From porphyran + -ase.

Questions about porphyranase

What does porphyranase mean?
Porphyranase means any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a porphyran.
What part of speech is porphyranase?
Porphyranase is a noun.
What is the plural of porphyranase?
The plural of porphyranase is porphyranases.

Words near porphyranase in the dictionary

  1. porphomethenes
  2. porphycene
  3. porphycenes
  4. porphyraceous
  5. porphyran
  6. porphyranase
  7. porphyranases
  8. porphyrans
  9. porphyre
  10. Porphyrean
  11. porphyreous

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