Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

deacylase

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dea-cy-lase
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any hydrolase that removes an acyl group by hydrolysis

Example Sentences

"They exhibit a diverse range of functional categories that include porin, transporter, adhesin, lipase, protease, deacylase, pore-forming toxin, and assembly factors [2 ,3 ]."

Etymology

From de- + acylase.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: de

Inflected Forms

deacylases (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

esterases lipase lactonase

Questions

What does deacylase mean?: Any hydrolase that removes an acyl group by hydrolysis
Where does deacylase come from?: From de- + acylase.

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