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proteolyze

proteolyze verb: to lyse or split a protein.

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 proteolyze

third-person singular presentproteolyzes
present participleproteolyzing
past participleproteolyzed
pastproteolyzed
alternative formproteolyse

Origin of proteolyze

From proteo- + -lyze.

Words formed from proteolyze

Questions about proteolyze

What does proteolyze mean?
Proteolyze means to lyse or split a protein.
What part of speech is proteolyze?
Proteolyze is a verb.
What is the past tense of proteolyze?
The past tense of proteolyze is proteolyzed.

Words near proteolyze in the dictionary

  1. proteolysing
  2. proteolysis
  3. proteolytic
  4. proteolytical
  5. proteolytically
  6. proteolyze
  7. proteolyzed
  8. proteolyzes
  9. proteolyzing
  10. proteome
  11. proteomes

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