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rhamnosidase

rhamnosidase noun: any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a rhamnoside.

Noun

rhamnosidase (plural rhamnosidases)

  1. Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a rhamnoside.
    • In particular, the rhamnosidase from Lactobacillus acidophilus was able to efficiently degrade flavanone and flavonol glycosides such as hesperidin, naringin and rutin [11 ].2015 November 7, “Lactobacillus acidophilus —Rutin Interplay Investigated by Proteomics”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of rhamnosidase

pluralrhamnosidases

Origin of rhamnosidase

From rhamnoside + -ase.

Words formed from rhamnosidase

Questions about rhamnosidase

What does rhamnosidase mean?
Rhamnosidase means any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a rhamnoside.
What part of speech is rhamnosidase?
Rhamnosidase is a noun.
What is the plural of rhamnosidase?
The plural of rhamnosidase is rhamnosidases.

Words near rhamnosidase in the dictionary

  1. rhamnopyranoses
  2. rhamnopyranoside
  3. rhamnopyranosides
  4. rhamnose
  5. rhamnoses
  6. rhamnosidase
  7. rhamnosidases
  8. rhamnoside
  9. rhamnosides
  10. rhamnospondin
  11. rhamnospondins

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