mucinase

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noun

A lyase that hydrolyses mucins

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Meanings

nounmucinase (plural mucinases)

plural mucinases

  1. biochemistryA lyase that hydrolyses mucins

    The enzyme elaborated by Clostridium perfringens, which we have designated mucinase, hydrolyzes synovial fluid mucin in two stages.

    1940 January 28, William van B. Robertson, Marian W. Ropes, Walter Bauer, “Mucinase: a Bacterial Enzyme which Hydrolyzes Synovial Fluid Mucin and other Mucins”, in Journal of Biological Chemistry

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
mucopolysaccharidase

Translations

Italian mucinasi
  • mucinasiTranslations

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

semuncia
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APA

mucinase. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mucinase

MLA

“mucinase.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mucinase. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mucinase,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mucinase.

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