cellulase

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Etymology

From cellulose +‎ -ase.

Noun

cellulase (plural cellulases)

2. (biochemistry) Any of a class of enzymes that catalyze the cellulolysis (or hydrolysis) of cellulose.

   Hypernyms: enzyme < biocatalyst

   Coordinate terms: ligninase, lignase

Derived terms

• endocellulase
• exocellulase
• extracellulase
• holocellulase
• lignocellulase
• multicellulase

Translations

an enzyme

Chinese: Mandarin: 纖維素酶 / 纤维素酶 (xiānwéisù méi) Finnish: sellulaasi Greek: κυτταρινάση (el) f (kyttarinási) Icelandic: sellulasi m Polish: celulaza f Swedish: cellulas (sv) c