aryldialkylphosphatase

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

aryl +‎ dialkyl +‎ phosphate +‎ -ase

Noun[edit]

aryldialkylphosphatase (countable and uncountable, plural aryldialkylphosphatases)

  1. (biochemistry) An enzyme that hydrolyzes organophosphates: an aryl dialkyl phosphate + H2O dialkyl phosphate + an aryl alcohol.