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xyloglucanase

xyloglucanase noun: any enzyme that breaks down xyloglucans.

Noun

xyloglucanase (plural xyloglucanases)

  1. Any enzyme that breaks down xyloglucans.
    • We evaluate evolutionary scenarios that may have given rise to the observed distribution of putative xyloglucanases in fungi and discuss possible biological contexts in which these enzymes could have evolved.2024 November, Emily D Trudeau, Harry Brumer, Mary L Berbee, “Origins of xyloglucan‐degrading enzymes in fungi”, in New Phytologist, volume 245, number 2, →DOI, →PMID, →PMCID

Forms of xyloglucanase

pluralxyloglucanases

Origin of xyloglucanase

From xyloglucan + -ase.

Questions about xyloglucanase

What does xyloglucanase mean?
Xyloglucanase means any enzyme that breaks down xyloglucans.
What part of speech is xyloglucanase?
Xyloglucanase is a noun.
What is the plural of xyloglucanase?
The plural of xyloglucanase is xyloglucanases.

Words near xyloglucanase in the dictionary

  1. xylogenesis
  2. xylogenetic
  3. xylogenic
  4. xylogenous
  5. xyloglucan
  6. xyloglucanase
  7. xyloglucanases
  8. xyloglucans
  9. xyloglucoside
  10. xyloglucosides
  11. xyloglucosyl

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