deglycosylase

D2E1G2L1Y4C3O1S1Y4L1A1S1E1

noun

Any enzyme that catalyses the removal of glycosyl groups

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Meanings

noundeglycosylase (plural deglycosylases)

plural deglycosylases

  1. biochemistryAny enzyme that catalyses the removal of glycosyl groups

    To deglycosylate the WT hENT1 and ∆IL6, 100 μg of the proteins were incubated with 10 μl of the deglycosylase mix (NEB) at 37°C and analyzed by SDS-PAGE. Each experiment was performed in triplicate on different batches of oocytes.

    2015 September 26, “The Role of Flexible Loops in Folding, Trafficking and Activity of Equilibrative Nucleoside Transporters”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From de- + glycosyl + -ase.

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