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isopeptidase

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
isopep-ti-dase
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any enzyme that catalyzes the cleavage of an isopeptide bond, especially that between the terminal diglycine attached to ubiquitin

Etymology

From isopeptide + -ase.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

isopeptidases (plural)

Derived Forms

endoisopeptidase metalloisopeptidase

Questions

What does isopeptidase mean?
Any enzyme that catalyzes the cleavage of an isopeptide bond, especially that between the terminal diglycine attached to ubiquitin
Where does isopeptidase come from?
From isopeptide + -ase.

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