Lysozyme Definition

līsə-zīm
noun
An enzyme present in egg white, tears, saliva, etc. that can kill certain bacteria by dissolving the cell walls.
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Other Word Forms of Lysozyme

Noun

Singular:
lysozyme
Plural:
lysozymes

Origin of Lysozyme

  • From lyso- + enzyme.

    From Wiktionary

Lysozyme Sentence Examples

  • We have used lysozyme, thaumatin (with Hg ), and glucose isomerase (with Hg ).

  • Chicken egg lysozyme is a well- known potent food allergen [18] while human lysozyme is clearly not allergenic.

  • This definition yielded a conservative assignment as several protein with distinct lobes (e.g. hen lysozyme and subtilisin) were classed as single-domain proteins.

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Words Starting With

LLYLYS

Words Ending With

EMEYME

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