Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cutinase

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cuti-nase
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

cutin hydrolase, an enzyme that hydrolyzes cutin

Etymology

From cutin + -ase.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: cutin

Inflected Forms

cutinases (plural)

Derived Forms

LCC

Frequently Paired Words

cutinolytic PETase

Questions

What does cutinase mean?: cutin hydrolase, an enzyme that hydrolyzes cutin
Where does cutinase come from?: From cutin + -ase.

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