4-methylumbelliferylguanidinobenzoate

noun

A synthetic fluorogenic compound used as a laboratory substrate, designed to release a fluorescent signal when cleaved by specific enzymes (notably serine proteases), and commonly used in biochemical assays to measure enzyme activity.

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noun4-methylumbelliferylguanidinobenzoate (uncountable)
  1. uncountablechemistryA synthetic fluorogenic compound used as a laboratory substrate, designed to release a fluorescent signal when cleaved by specific enzymes (notably serine proteases), and commonly used in biochemical assays to measure enzyme activity.
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