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depolymerase

de·pol·y·mer·ase

(dē-pol'i-mĕr-ās),
Name used originally, before hydrolytic action was understood, for an enzyme catalyzing the hydrolysis of a macromolecule to simpler components. See: nuclease.
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de·pol·y·mer·ase

(dē-pol'i-mĕr-ās)
An enzyme catalyzing the hydrolysis of a macromolecule to simpler components.
See: nuclease
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012
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Depending on the substrate, it can be divided into three types: two types (Pectinesterase and polygalacturonase) exist in higher plants and microorganisms, and one type (Pectin Depolymerase) exists in microorganisms, especially in pathogenic microorganisms that infect plants.
Taylor, "Treatment of experimental Escherichia coli infection with recombinant bacteriophage-derived capsule depolymerase," The Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, vol.
Under unfavorable growth conditions Poly AY-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) is accumulated intracellular by many bacteria and the principal enzyme for the degradation of PHB is PHB depolymerase. A number of thermophilic actinomycetes have been screened for PHB degradation on agar plats.
Moreover, a novel poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) depolymerase from a thermophilic Streptomyces sp.
Several amphiphilic proteins have been identified to be located on the surface of in vivo PHA granules including PhaC synthase, poly-beta-hydroxybutyrate depolymerase (PhaZ), and granule-associated protein (PhaP) (44).
Effect of Methanobrevibacter sp MF1 Inoculation on Glycoside Hydrolase and Polysaccharide Depolymerase Activities, Wheat Straw Degradation and Volatile Fatty Acid Concentrations in the Rumen of Gnotobiotically-reared Lambs.
[12] found that P(3HB-co-3HV) degraded faster than P(3HB) in a medium with PHA depolymerase. However, Boyandin et al.
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