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From lipo- + proteinase or lipoprotein + -ase.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a lipoprotein to form a lipid and a protein Full definition →
From lipo- + proteinase or lipoprotein + -ase.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.