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signalase

signalase noun: a peptidase that cleaves signal peptides from secreted proteins cotranslationally.

Noun

signalase (plural signalases)

  1. A peptidase that cleaves signal peptides from secreted proteins cotranslationally

Forms of signalase

pluralsignalases

Origin of signalase

From signal + -ase.

Questions about signalase

What does signalase mean?
Signalase means a peptidase that cleaves signal peptides from secreted proteins cotranslationally.
What part of speech is signalase?
Signalase is a noun.
What is the plural of signalase?
The plural of signalase is signalases.

Words near signalase in the dictionary

  1. signal-noise ratio
  2. signal-noise ratios
  3. signal-to-noise
  4. signal-to-noise ratio
  5. signal-to-noise ratios
  6. signalase
  7. signalases
  8. signalbox
  9. signalboxes
  10. signaled
  11. signalee

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