Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

deglycosylase

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: deg-ly-co-sy-lase
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any enzyme that catalyses the removal of glycosyl groups

Example Sentences

"To deglycosylate the WT hENT1 and ∆IL6, 100 μg of the proteins were incubated with 10 μl of the deglycosylase mix (NEB) at 37°C and analyzed by SDS-PAGE. Each experiment was performed in triplicate on different batches of oocytes."

Etymology

From de- + glycosyl + -ase.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: de
Suffix: glycosyl

Inflected Forms

deglycosylases (plural)

Questions

What does deglycosylase mean?: Any enzyme that catalyses the removal of glycosyl groups
Where does deglycosylase come from?: From de- + glycosyl + -ase.

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