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xylanohydrolase

xylanohydrolase noun: any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of xylan.

Noun

xylanohydrolase (plural xylanohydrolases)

  1. Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of xylan

Forms of xylanohydrolase

pluralxylanohydrolases

Origin of xylanohydrolase

From xylan + -o- + hydrolase.

Questions about xylanohydrolase

What does xylanohydrolase mean?
Xylanohydrolase means any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of xylan.
What part of speech is xylanohydrolase?
Xylanohydrolase is a noun.
What is the plural of xylanohydrolase?
The plural of xylanohydrolase is xylanohydrolases.

Words near xylanohydrolase in the dictionary

  1. xylan
  2. xylanase
  3. xylanases
  4. xylanesterase
  5. xylanesterases
  6. xylanohydrolase
  7. xylanohydrolases
  8. xylanolysis
  9. xylanolytic
  10. xylans
  11. xylanthrax

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