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destabilase (countable and uncountable, plural destabilases)

  1. (biochemistry) A form of lysozyme (isopeptidase) found in the secretions from the salivary glands of medicinal leeches
    • 2016 February 17, “Multiple I-Type Lysozymes in the Hydrothermal Vent Mussel Bathymodiolus azoricus and Their Role in Symbiotic Plasticity”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      Amino acid residues contributing to substrate binding are indicated by empty circles, those contributing to destabilase activity are indicated by black diamonds and those contributing to a potential dimerization are indicated by empty squares.