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isoamylase

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
isoamy-lase
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An enzyme, glycogen 6-alpha-D-glucanohydrolase, that catalyses the hydrolysis of (1->6)-alpha-D-glucosidic branch linkages in glycogen, amylopectin and their beta-limit dextrins.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From iso- + amylase.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

isoamylases (plural)

Questions

What does isoamylase mean?
An enzyme, glycogen 6-alpha-D-glucanohydrolase, that catalyses the hydrolysis of (1->6)-alpha-D-glucosidic branch linkages in glycogen, amylopectin and their beta-limit dextrins.
Where does isoamylase come from?
From iso- + amylase.

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