NEURAMINIDASE


Meaning of NEURAMINIDASE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌnu̇r-ə-ˈmi-nə-ˌdās, ˌnyu̇r-, -ˌdāz ]

noun

Etymology: neuramin ic acid, an amino acid + -ide + -ase

Date: 1957

: a hydrolytic enzyme that occurs on the surface of the pneumococcus, influenza-causing viruses, and some paramyxoviruses as an antigen and that splits mucoproteins by breaking a glucoside link

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