Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chitosanase

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: chi-tosanase
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An enzyme that catalyses the endohydrolysis of beta-(1->4)-linkages between D-glucosamine residues in a partly acetylated chitosan.

Etymology

From chitosan + -ase.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: chitosan

Inflected Forms

chitosanases (plural)

Questions

What does chitosanase mean?: An enzyme that catalyses the endohydrolysis of beta-(1->4)-linkages between D-glucosamine residues in a partly acetylated chitosan.
Where does chitosanase come from?: From chitosan + -ase.

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