COLLAGENASE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of collagen and gelatin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("collagenase" is a kind of...):

enzyme (any of several complex proteins that are produced by cells and act as catalysts in specific biochemical reactions)

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 Context examples: 

Interstitial collagenase (469 aa, ~54 kDa) is encoded by the human MMP1 gene.

(Interstitial Collagenase, NCI Thesaurus)