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sheddase

noun

Etymology

From shed + -ase?

  1. derived from *skeyt-✻ — “to cut, part, divide, separate”
  2. inherited from *skaiþaną✻
  3. inherited from *skaiþan✻
  4. inherited from scēadan
  5. inherited from scheden
  6. suffixed as sheddase — “shed + ase”

Definitions

  1. Any of a group of membrane-bound enzymes that cleave extracellular portions of…

    Any of a group of membrane-bound enzymes that cleave extracellular portions of transmembrane proteins, releasing the soluble ectodomains from the cell surface.

    • Many sheddases are members of the ADAM or aspartic protease (BACE) protein families.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for sheddase. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA