Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pullulanase

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pul-lu-lanase
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a class of enzyme that catalyze the hydrolysis and transglycosylation of α-1,4 or α-1,6 linkages in polysaccharides such as pullulan.

Etymology

From pullulan + -ase.

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What does pullulanase mean?
Any of a class of enzyme that catalyze the hydrolysis and transglycosylation of α-1,4 or α-1,6 linkages in polysaccharides such as pullulan.
Where does pullulanase come from?
From pullulan + -ase.

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