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xylosidase

xylosidase noun: any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a xyloside.

Noun

xylosidase (plural xylosidases)

  1. Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a xyloside.

Forms of xylosidase

pluralxylosidases

Origin of xylosidase

From xyloside + -ase.

Questions about xylosidase

What does xylosidase mean?
Xylosidase means any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a xyloside.
What part of speech is xylosidase?
Xylosidase is a noun.
What is the plural of xylosidase?
The plural of xylosidase is xylosidases.

Words near xylosidase in the dictionary

  1. xylosaccharides
  2. xylosan
  3. xylosans
  4. xylose
  5. xyloses
  6. xylosidase
  7. xylosidases
  8. xyloside
  9. xylosides
  10. xylosidic
  11. xylosma

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