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pullulanase

pullulanase noun: any of a class of enzyme that catalyze the hydrolysis and transglycosylation of α-1,4 or α-1,6 linkages in polysaccharides such as pullulan.

Noun

pullulanase (plural pullulanases)

  1. Any of a class of enzyme that catalyze the hydrolysis and transglycosylation of α-1,4 or α-1,6 linkages in polysaccharides such as pullulan.

Forms of pullulanase

pluralpullulanases

Origin of pullulanase

From pullulan + -ase.

Words formed from pullulanase

Questions about pullulanase

What does pullulanase mean?
Pullulanase means any of a class of enzyme that catalyze the hydrolysis and transglycosylation of α-1,4 or α-1,6 linkages in polysaccharides such as pullulan.
What part of speech is pullulanase?
Pullulanase is a noun.
What is the plural of pullulanase?
The plural of pullulanase is pullulanases.

Words near pullulanase in the dictionary

  1. pullstring
  2. pullstrings
  3. pullthrough
  4. pullthroughs
  5. pullulan
  6. pullulanase
  7. pullulanases
  8. pullulans
  9. pullulant
  10. pullulate
  11. pullulated

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