Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

polypeptidase

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: polypep-ti-dase
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any enzyme which catalyzes the hydrolysis of a polypeptide

Etymology

Etymology tree English polypeptide Ancient Greek δῐῐ̈́στημῐ (dĭĭ̈́stēmĭ) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́στᾰσῐς (dĭắstăsĭs) English diastase English -ase English polypeptidase From polypeptide + -ase.

Inflected Forms

polypeptidases (plural)

Questions

What does polypeptidase mean?: Any enzyme which catalyzes the hydrolysis of a polypeptide
Where does polypeptidase come from?: Etymology tree English polypeptide Ancient Greek δῐῐ̈́στημῐ (dĭĭ̈́stēmĭ) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́στᾰσῐς (dĭắstăsĭs) English diastase English -ase English polypeptidase From polypeptide + -ase.

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