Meanings
nounexocarboxypeptidase (plural exocarboxypeptidases)
plural exocarboxypeptidases
- biochemistryAn exoenzyme carboxypeptidase
All of these results clearly indicated that both DPP-IV and peptidase (s) (at least exocarboxypeptidase M) contributed to the ex vivo instability of two active GLP-1 peptides, similar to the observation of the peptides in their in vivo metabolism [38 ].
2015 July 30, “Degradation and Stabilization of Peptide Hormones in Human Blood Specimens”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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