metallohydrolase

noun

Any metalloenzyme that is a hydrolase.

Scrabble 25

Meanings

nounmetallohydrolase (plural metallohydrolases)

plural metallohydrolases

  1. biochemistryAny metalloenzyme that is a hydrolase.

    Such metallohydrolases are thought to critically alter mucus properties.

    2015 July 11, “The Goblet Cell Protein Clca1 (Alias mClca3 or Gob-5) Is Not Required for Intestinal Mucus Synthesis, Structure and Barrier Function in Naive or DSS-Challenged Mice”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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    The catalytic role of metal ions in metallohydrolases, such as carboxypeptidase, can be explained in two alternative ways […]

    1977, “Intramolecular catalysis of ester hydrolysis by metal complexed hydroxide ion. Acyl oxygen bond scission in cobalt (2+) and nickel (2+) carboxylic acid complexes”, in Journal of the American Chemical Society, volume 99, number 16, page 5341

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