fucosidase

English

Etymology

From fucoside +‎ -ase.

Noun

fucosidase (plural fucosidases)

  1. (biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a fucoside.
    • 2016 January, Mateusz Lezyk, Carsten Jers, Louise Kjaerulff, Charlotte H Gotfredsen, Maria D Mikkelsen, Jørn D Mikkelsen, “Novel α-L-Fucosidases from a Soil Metagenome for Production of Fucosylated Human Milk Oligosaccharides”, in PLoS One, volume 11, number 1, →DOI, →PMID, →PMCID:
      All seven fucosidases belong to glycosyl hydrolase family 29 (GH 29).
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