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proteolyse

proteolyse is the alternative form of proteolyze.

Meaning of proteolyze

Verb

proteolyze (third-person singular simple present proteolyzes, present participle proteolyzing, simple past and past participle proteolyzed)

  1. To lyse or split a protein

Forms of proteolyse

third-person singular presentproteolyses
present participleproteolysing
past participleproteolysed
pastproteolysed

Words formed from proteolyse

Questions about proteolyse

What is proteolyse the alternative form of?
Proteolyse is the alternative form of proteolyze.

Words near proteolyse in the dictionary

  1. proteolipoprotein
  2. proteolipoproteins
  3. proteoliposomal
  4. proteoliposome
  5. proteoliposomes
  6. proteolyse
  7. proteolysed
  8. proteolyses
  9. proteolysing
  10. proteolysis
  11. proteolytic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: proteolyse (page history and authors); proteolyze (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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