maltohydrolase

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noun

Any enzyme that hydrolyses a polysaccharide by removing a terminal maltose moiety

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Meanings

nounmaltohydrolase (plural maltohydrolases)

plural maltohydrolases

  1. biochemistryAny enzyme that hydrolyses a polysaccharide by removing a terminal maltose moiety

Origin

From malto- + hydrolase.

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