Medical Definition of Pectinase

1. Enzyme that degrades polygalacturonan by hydrolysis of the glycosidic bonds that link galacturonic acid residues. Important in fruit ripening and in fungal and bacterial attack on plants. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pectinase

pecten band
Pecten irradians
Pecten magellanicus
pecten ossis pubis
pecten pubis
pectic
pectic
pectic acid
pectic acid
pectin
pectin
pectinaceous
pectinacetylesterase
pectinal
pectinal
pectinase (current term)
pectinate
pectinate
pectinated
pectinate fibres
pectinate ligaments of iridocorneal angle
pectinate ligaments of iris
pectinate line
pectinate muscles
pectinate zone
pectination
pectinations
pectineal
pectineal
pectineal ligament

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