fucosidase

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noun

Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a fucoside.

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Meanings

nounfucosidase (plural fucosidases)

plural fucosidases

  1. biochemistryAny enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a fucoside.

    All seven fucosidases belong to glycosyl hydrolase family 29 (GH 29).

    2016 January, Mateusz Lezyk, Carsten Jers, Louise Kjaerulff, Charlotte H Gotfredsen, Maria D Mikkelsen, Jørn D Mikkelsen, “Novel α-L-Fucosidases from a Soil Metagenome for Production of Fucosylated Human Milk Oligosaccharides”, in PLoS One, volume 11, number 1, →DOI, →PMID, →PMCID

Origin

From fucoside + -ase.

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