Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

zymolyase

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: zy-molyase
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A commercial enzyme preparation that lyses the cell walls of yeast cells.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"We show here that Mkk2 mediates the phosphorylation of the Mkc1 MAPK in response to cell wall assembly interfering agents such as zymolyase or tunicamycin and also to oxidative stress."

Etymology

From zymo- + lyse + -ase.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

zymolyases (plural)

Questions

What does zymolyase mean?: A commercial enzyme preparation that lyses the cell walls of yeast cells.
Where does zymolyase come from?: From zymo- + lyse + -ase.

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