phosphodiesterase

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Etymology

From phosphodiester +‎ -ase.

Noun

phosphodiesterase (plural phosphodiesterases)

  1. (biochemistry) Any of a family of enzymes that catalyze the cleavage of phosphodiester links in nucleic acids.

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