AMINOPEPTIDASE


Meaning of AMINOPEPTIDASE in English

/euh mee'noh pep"ti days', -dayz', am'euh noh-/ , n. Biochem.

any of several intestinal hydrolytic enzymes that remove an amino acid from the end of a peptide chain having a free amino group. Cf. carboxypeptidase .

[ AMINO- + PEPTIDASE ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .