Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

metalloendoprotease

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: met-al-loen-do-pro-tease
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

6

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

any endoprotease that is a metalloenzyme

Example Sentences

"Following fertilization, ZP2 undergoes proteolytic cleavage by an oocyte-specific astacin-like metalloendoprotease, first reported as ovastacin (citation), released from the cortical granules, and sperm no longer bind to mouse embryos [22 ]."

Etymology

From metallo- + endoprotease.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: metallo

Inflected Forms

metalloendoproteases (plural)

Questions

What does metalloendoprotease mean?: any endoprotease that is a metalloenzyme
Where does metalloendoprotease come from?: From metallo- + endoprotease.

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