exolytic

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adjective

Relating to exolysis

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Meanings

adjectiveexolytic (not comparable)
  1. not comparableRelating to exolysis

    The enzyme, known as VhGlcNAcase (formerly VhNag2), exhibited exolytic activity, degrading chitin oligosaccharides from the non-reducing end in a sequential manner, with GlcNAc monomer as the final product.

    2016 February 13, “Probing the Catalytic Mechanism of Vibrio harveyi GH20 ?-N -Acetylglucosaminidase by Chemical Rescue”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From exo- + -lytic.

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APA

exolytic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exolytic

MLA

“exolytic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exolytic. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “exolytic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exolytic.

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