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prolidase

prolidase noun: a cytosolic dipeptidase that hydrolyzes dipeptides with proline or hydroxyproline at the carboxy terminus (but not Pro-Pro), important in collagen metabolism.

Noun

prolidase (countable and uncountable, plural prolidases)

  1. A cytosolic dipeptidase that hydrolyzes dipeptides with proline or hydroxyproline at the carboxy terminus (but not Pro-Pro), important in collagen metabolism.

Forms of prolidase

pluralprolidases

Questions about prolidase

What does prolidase mean?
Prolidase means a cytosolic dipeptidase that hydrolyzes dipeptides with proline or hydroxyproline at the carboxy terminus (but not Pro-Pro), important in collagen metabolism.
What part of speech is prolidase?
Prolidase is a noun.
What is the plural of prolidase?
The plural of prolidase is prolidases.

Words near prolidase in the dictionary

  1. Proletcult
  2. Proletkult
  3. prolibrigenal
  4. prolicide
  5. prolicides
  6. prolidase
  7. prolidases
  8. prolife
  9. prolifer
  10. proliferant
  11. proliferants

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