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English
Etymology
From metallo- + hydrolase.
Noun
metallohydrolase (plural metallohydrolases)
- (biochemistry) Any metalloenzyme that is a hydrolase.
1977, “Intramolecular catalysis of ester hydrolysis by metal complexed hydroxide ion. Acyl oxygen bond scission in cobalt (2+) and nickel (2+) carboxylic acid complexes”, in Journal of the American Chemical Society, volume 99, number 16, page 5341:The catalytic role of metal ions in metallohydrolases, such as carboxypeptidase, can be explained in two alternative ways […]
2015 July 11, “The Goblet Cell Protein Clca1 (Alias mClca3 or Gob-5) Is Not Required for Intestinal Mucus Synthesis, Structure and Barrier Function in Naive or DSS-Challenged Mice”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:Such metallohydrolases are thought to critically alter mucus properties.