Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

xyloglucanase

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: xy-loglu-canase
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any enzyme that breaks down xyloglucans.

Example Sentences

"We evaluate evolutionary scenarios that may have given rise to the observed distribution of putative xyloglucanases in fungi and discuss possible biological contexts in which these enzymes could have evolved."

Etymology

From xyloglucan + -ase.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: xyloglucan

Inflected Forms

xyloglucanases (plural)

Questions

What does xyloglucanase mean?: Any enzyme that breaks down xyloglucans.
Where does xyloglucanase come from?: From xyloglucan + -ase.

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