Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

prolinase

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pro-li-nase
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A particular enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of dipeptides.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From proline + -ase.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: proline

Usage

Inflected Forms

prolinases (plural)

Questions

What does prolinase mean?: A particular enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of dipeptides.
Where does prolinase come from?: From proline + -ase.

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