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pseudoprotease

pseudoprotease noun: a rhomboid protease that lacks the amino acid residues that are essential for proteolysis, implying that it cannot cleave substrates.

Noun

pseudoprotease (plural pseudoproteases)

  1. A rhomboid protease that lacks the amino acid residues that are essential for proteolysis, implying that it cannot cleave substrates.

Forms of pseudoprotease

pluralpseudoproteases

Origin of pseudoprotease

From pseudo- + protease.

Questions about pseudoprotease

What does pseudoprotease mean?
Pseudoprotease means a rhomboid protease that lacks the amino acid residues that are essential for proteolysis, implying that it cannot cleave substrates.
What part of speech is pseudoprotease?
Pseudoprotease is a noun.
What is the plural of pseudoprotease?
The plural of pseudoprotease is pseudoproteases.

Words near pseudoprotease in the dictionary

  1. pseudoprophetical
  2. pseudoprophets
  3. pseudoproposition
  4. pseudopropositions
  5. pseudoprospective
  6. pseudoprotease
  7. pseudoproteases
  8. pseudoprotein
  9. pseudoproteins
  10. pseudoprotocol
  11. pseudoprotocols

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