polyglutamylase

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noun

Any enzyme that catalyzes polyglutamylation.

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Meanings

nounpolyglutamylase (countable and uncountable, plural polyglutamylases)

plural polyglutamylases

  1. countableuncountablebiochemistryAny enzyme that catalyzes polyglutamylation.

    Tubulin tyrosine ligase-like (TTLL) proteins show polyglutamylase activity for tubulin in mammalian cells.

    2015 November 13, “Polyglutamylated Tubulin Binding Protein C1orf96/CSAP Is Involved in Microtubule Stabilization in Mitotic Spindles”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From poly- + glutamyl + -ase.

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