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English
Etymology
From endo- + glucanase.
Noun
endoglucanase (plural endoglucanases)
- (biochemistry) Any glucanase/cellulase that is active within the organism that produced it.
- Any glucanase/cellulase that cleaves internal glycoside bonds in a glucose polymer, as opposed to clipping off a terminal glucose from one end of a polymeric chain.