Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pentapeptidase

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pen-tapep-ti-dase
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a pentapeptide

Example Sentences

"VanY, a d -Ala- d -Ala-specific pentapeptidase, evolved into VanXY through acquisition of the “bisubstrate loop,” which added hydrolysis of d -Ala- d -Ala to that of a d -Ala- d -Ala-containing pentapeptide."

Etymology

From pentapeptide + -ase.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: pentapeptide

Inflected Forms

pentapeptidases (plural)

Questions

What does pentapeptidase mean?: Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a pentapeptide
Where does pentapeptidase come from?: From pentapeptide + -ase.

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