esterase

esterase

English

Etymology

ester +‎ -ase

Noun

esterase (plural esterases)

1. (biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of an ester

Derived terms

• cholesterol esterase
• sterol esterase

 

Related terms

• esterasic

Translations

any of a certain class of enzymes

Chinese: Mandarin: 酯酶 (zh) (zhǐ méi) Czech: esteráza f Finnish: esteraasi Polish: esteraza f Romanian: esterază f Spanish: esterasa f

Anagrams

• re-teases, reteases, tesserae

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Spanish

Verb

esterase

1. first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of esterar