esterase

English

Etymology

ester +‎ -ase

Noun

esterase (plural esterases)

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of an ester

Derived terms

Related terms

esterasic

Translations

any of a certain class of enzymes

Chinese:
Mandarin: 酯酶 (zh) (zhǐ méi)
Czech: esteráza f
Finnish: esteraasi
Polish: esteraza f
Romanian: esterază f
Spanish: esterasa f

Anagrams

re-teases, reteases, tesserae

Spanish

Verb

esterase

first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of esterar

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