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    Heparinase

    Eliminative cleavage of polysaccharides containing 1,4-linked D-glucuronate or L-iduronate residues and 1,4-a-linked 2-sulfoamino-2-deoxy-6-sulfo-D-glucose residues to give oligosaccharides with terminal 4-deoxy-a-D-gluc-4-enuronosyl groups at their non-reducing ends. (IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature) (NCI Thesaurus)




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