Metallohydrolase

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any metalloenzyme that is a hydrolase.

    "The catalytic role of metal ions in metallohydrolases, such as carboxypeptidase, can be explained in two alternative ways […]"

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"The catalytic role of metal ions in metallohydrolases, such as carboxypeptidase, can be explained in two alternative ways […]"

Etymology

From metallo- + hydrolase.

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