endoglucanase

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any glucanase/cellulase that is active within the organism that produced it.
  2. Any glucanase/cellulase that cleaves internal glycoside bonds in a glucose polymer, as opposed to clipping off a terminal glucose from one end of a polymeric chain.

Word forms

endoglucanase endoglucanases

Etymology

From endo- + glucanase.

Related words

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