Pseudoprotease

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A rhomboid protease that lacks the amino acid residues that are essential for proteolysis, implying that it cannot cleave substrates.

Synonyms

All synonyms
pseudopeptidase

Etymology

From pseudo- + protease.

Related phrases

amino acid

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