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tannase

tannase noun: any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of tannic acid to gallic acid.

Noun

tannase (plural tannases)

  1. Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of tannic acid to gallic acid

Forms of tannase

pluraltannases

Origin of tannase

From tannic + -ase. By surface analysis, tann- + -ase.

Questions about tannase

What does tannase mean?
Tannase means any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of tannic acid to gallic acid.
What part of speech is tannase?
Tannase is a noun.
What is the plural of tannase?
The plural of tannase is tannases.

Words near tannase in the dictionary

  1. tannal
  2. tannalbin
  3. Tannan
  4. tannas
  5. Tannas Mount
  6. tannase
  7. Tannaserim
  8. tannases
  9. tannate
  10. tannates
  11. tanned

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