xyloglucanase

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noun

Any enzyme that breaks down xyloglucans.

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Meanings

nounxyloglucanase (plural xyloglucanases)

plural xyloglucanases

  1. biochemistryAny enzyme that breaks down xyloglucans.

    We evaluate evolutionary scenarios that may have given rise to the observed distribution of putative xyloglucanases in fungi and discuss possible biological contexts in which these enzymes could have evolved.

    2024 November, Emily D Trudeau, Harry Brumer, Mary L Berbee, “Origins of xyloglucan‐degrading enzymes in fungi”, in New Phytologist, volume 245, number 2, →DOI, →PMID, →PMCID

Origin

From xyloglucan + -ase.

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