Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

carboxypeptidase

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.66 in modern English

Syllables: car-boxypep-ti-dase
IPA

35

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

4

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of the terminal amino acid of a polypeptide/protein from the end that contains a free carboxyl group

Inflected Forms

carboxypeptidases (plural)

Derived Forms

exocarboxypeptidase monocarboxypeptidase procarboxypeptidase

Questions

What does carboxypeptidase mean?: Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of the terminal amino acid of a polypeptide/protein from the end that contains a free carboxyl group

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