exoenzyme

[ ek-soh-en-zahym ]

nounBiochemistry.
  1. an enzyme, as pepsin, that functions outside the cell producing it.

Origin of exoenzyme

1
First recorded in 1920–25; exo- + enzyme

Words Nearby exoenzyme

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British Dictionary definitions for exoenzyme

exoenzyme

/ (ˌɛksəʊˈɛnzaɪm) /


noun
  1. any enzyme, esp an exopeptidase, that acts upon terminal chemical bonds in a chain of molecules: Compare endoenzyme

  2. another name for ectoenzyme

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