metallohydrolase

English

Etymology

From metallo- +‎ hydrolase.

Noun

metallohydrolase (plural metallohydrolases)

1. (biochemistry) Any metalloenzyme that is a hydrolase.
   • 1977, “Intramolecular catalysis of ester hydrolysis by metal complexed hydroxide ion. Acyl oxygen bond scission in cobalt (2+) and nickel (2+) carboxylic acid complexes”, in Journal of the American Chemical Society, volume 99, number 16, page 5341:

     The catalytic role of metal ions in metallohydrolases, such as carboxypeptidase, can be explained in two alternative ways […]

   • 2015 July 11, “The Goblet Cell Protein Clca1 (Alias mClca3 or Gob-5) Is Not Required for Intestinal Mucus Synthesis, Structure and Barrier Function in Naive or DSS-Challenged Mice”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     Such metallohydrolases are thought to critically alter mucus properties.