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sortase

sortase noun: any of a group of prokaryotic enzymes that form pili through cleavage and isopeptide bonding of precursors.

Noun

sortase (plural sortases)

  1. Any of a group of prokaryotic enzymes that form pili through cleavage and isopeptide bonding of precursors

Forms of sortase

pluralsortases

Origin of sortase

From sort + -ase.

Words formed from sortase

Questions about sortase

What does sortase mean?
Sortase means any of a group of prokaryotic enzymes that form pili through cleavage and isopeptide bonding of precursors.
What part of speech is sortase?
Sortase is a noun.
What is the plural of sortase?
The plural of sortase is sortases.

Words near sortase in the dictionary

  1. sortags
  2. sortakinda
  3. sortal
  4. sortals
  5. sortance
  6. sortase
  7. sortases
  8. sortation
  9. sortation system
  10. sortation systems
  11. sortations

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