CARBOXYPEPTIDASE


Meaning of CARBOXYPEPTIDASE in English

/kahr bok'see pep"ti days', -dayz'/ , n. Biochem.

any of several digestive enzymes that catalyze the removal of an amino acid from the end of a peptide chain having a free carbonyl group. Cf. aminopeptidase .

[ CARB- + OXY- + PEPTIDASE ]

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