- exopeptidase
- noun Date: 1936 any of a group of enzymes that hydrolyze peptide bonds formed by the terminal amino acids of peptide chains ; peptidase — compare endopeptidase
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exopeptidase
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exopeptidase — [eks΄ō pep′tə dās΄] n. any of a number of enzymes that split off the terminal amino acids of a protein … English World dictionary
Exopeptidase — An exopeptidase is an enzyme produced in the pancreas that catalyses the removal of an amino acid from the end of a polypeptide chain. Exopeptidase cleaves the end of a polypeptide chain. Aminopeptidase, an enzyme in the brush border of the small … Wikipedia
exopeptidase — egzopeptidazė statusas T sritis chemija apibrėžtis Fermentas, katalizuojantis baltymo ar peptido galinių aminorūgščių hidrolizę. atitikmenys: angl. exopeptidase rus. экзопептидаза … Chemijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas
Exopeptidase — Exopeptidasen sind Enzyme aus der Gruppe der Peptidasen. Peptidasen spalten Proteine durch Hydrolyse der Peptidbindungen. Im Gegensatz zu den Endopeptidasen spalten die Exopeptidasen nur endständige Peptidbindungen der Aminosäuresequenz. Als… … Deutsch Wikipedia
exopeptidase — Peptide hydrolases of the class EC3.4 that cleave the N or C terminal amino acid from a peptide … Dictionary of molecular biology
exopeptidase — /ek soh pep ti days , dayz /, n. Biochem. any enzyme that catalyzes the removal of an amino acid from the end of a polypeptide chain. Cf. endopeptidase. [1935 40; EXO + PEPTIDASE] * * * … Universalium
exopeptidase — noun Any of a group of enzymes which catalyze the removal of a single amino acid from the end of a polypeptide chain … Wiktionary
exopeptidase — An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of the terminal amino acid of a peptide chain; e.g., carboxypeptidase. Cf.:endopeptidase. * * * exo·pep·ti·dase pep tə .dās, .dāz n any of a group of enzymes that hydrolyze peptide bonds formed by the… … Medical dictionary
Exopeptidase — Ẹ|xo|pep|ti|da|se [↑ exo (1)]: svw. ↑ Peptidase (2) … Universal-Lexikon
exopeptidase — exo·peptidase … English syllables
