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sheddases

sheddases is the plural of sheddase.

Meaning of sheddase

Noun

sheddase (plural sheddases)

  1. Any of a group of membrane-bound enzymes that cleave extracellular portions of transmembrane proteins, releasing the soluble ectodomains from the cell surface.
    • Many sheddases are members of the ADAM or aspartic protease (BACE) protein families.

Questions about sheddases

What is sheddases the plural of?
Sheddases is the plural of sheddase.

Words near sheddases in the dictionary

  1. shedable
  2. Shedar
  3. Shedd
  4. sheddable
  5. sheddase
  6. sheddases
  7. shedded
  8. shedded out
  9. sheddedst
  10. Shedden
  11. Sheddens

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