inverzincin

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noun

Any of a group of metalloproteases that contain an inverted zinc-binding site

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Meanings

nouninverzincin (plural inverzincins)

plural inverzincins

  1. Any of a group of metalloproteases that contain an inverted zinc-binding site

    In this study, we found that pitrilysin, a zinc metallopeptidase of the inverzincin family, degrades monomeric, but not oligomeric, islet amyloid polypeptide in vitro.

    2015 July 21, “The Mitochondrial Peptidase Pitrilysin Degrades Islet Amyloid Polypeptide in Beta-Cells”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From inverted zinc + -in.

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