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de- +‎ acylase

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deacylase (plural deacylases)

  1. (biochemistry) Any hydrolase that removes an acyl group by hydrolysis
    • 2015 December 23, “PredβTM: A Novel β-Transmembrane Region Prediction Algorithm”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      They exhibit a diverse range of functional categories that include porin, transporter, adhesin, lipase, protease, deacylase, pore-forming toxin, and assembly factors [2 ,3 ].

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