Definition of Lecithinase

1. Noun. An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of lecithin. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Lecithinase

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Lecithinase

1. See phospholipases. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lecithinase

leching
lechonera
lechoneras
lechs
lechwe
lechwes
lechy
lecithal
lecithin
lecithin-cholesterol acyltransferase
lecithin-cholesterol transferase
lecithin-retinol acyltransferase
lecithin/sphingomyelin ratio
lecithin acyltransferase
lecithin acyltransferase deficiency
lecithinase (current term)
lecithinase A
lecithinase B
lecithinase C
lecithinase D
lecithinases
lecithins
lecithoblast
lecithoprotein
lecithovitellase
lecky
lecontite
lect
lectern
lecterns

Literary usage of Lecithinase

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Text-book of Pathology by William George MacCallum (1916)
"... esters and' of the phosphatides (lecithinase, choles- terase, etc.) are not yet even certainly demonstrated. Bang objects that experiments carried out ..."

2. Practical organic and bio-chemistry by Robert Henry Aders Plimmer (1920)
"... lecithinase. Xanthine is oxidised to uric acid by uricase and a whole series of enzymes are concerned in the hydrolysis of nucleic acid each acting upon ..."

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