deacylase

D2E1A1C3Y4L1A1S1E1

noun

Any hydrolase that removes an acyl group by hydrolysis

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Meanings

noundeacylase (plural deacylases)

plural deacylases

  1. biochemistryAny hydrolase that removes an acyl group by hydrolysis

    They exhibit a diverse range of functional categories that include porin, transporter, adhesin, lipase, protease, deacylase, pore-forming toxin, and assembly factors [2 ,3 ].

    2015 December 23, “PredβTM: A Novel β-Transmembrane Region Prediction Algorithm”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From de- + acylase.

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