phosphodiesterase /phos·pho·di·es·ter·ase/ (-di-es´ter-ās) any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolytic cleavage of an ester linkage in a phosphoric acid compound containing two such ester linkages.
phos·pho·di·es·ter·ase (f s f -d - s t -r s, -rz)n. Any of a class of enzymes that catalyze the cleaving of phosphodiester bonds, such as those between nucleotides in nucleic acids, to produce smaller nucleotide units or mononucleotides but not inorganic phosphate. |
phosphodiesterase
a group of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of a phosphodiester.
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