acetamidase

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noun

Any amidase that acts on an acetamide unit

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Meanings

nounacetamidase (plural acetamidases)

plural acetamidases

  1. biochemistryAny amidase that acts on an acetamide unit

    The first equivalent system in mycobacteria, the acetamide-inducible system based on the Mycobacterium smegmatis (Msmeg) endogenous acetamidase promoter [13 ], was developed as late as in 1997.

    2015 September 9, “Benzoic Acid-Inducible Gene Expression in Mycobacteria”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From acetamide + -ase.

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