acetamidase

English

Etymology

acetamide +‎ -ase

Noun

acetamidase (plural acetamidases)

1. (biochemistry) Any amidase that acts on an acetamide unit
   • 2015 September 9, “Benzoic Acid-Inducible Gene Expression in Mycobacteria”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     The first equivalent system in mycobacteria, the acetamide-inducible system based on the Mycobacterium smegmatis (Msmeg) endogenous acetamidase promoter [13 ], was developed as late as in 1997.