Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

prolidase

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pro-l-i-dase
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A cytosolic dipeptidase that hydrolyzes dipeptides with proline or hydroxyproline at the carboxy terminus (but not Pro-Pro), important in collagen metabolism.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

prolidases (plural)

Questions

What does prolidase mean?: A cytosolic dipeptidase that hydrolyzes dipeptides with proline or hydroxyproline at the carboxy terminus (but not Pro-Pro), important in collagen metabolism.

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