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inverzincin

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English

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Etymology

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From inverted zinc +‎ -in.

Noun

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inverzincin (plural inverzincins)

  1. Any of a group of metalloproteases that contain an inverted zinc-binding site
    • 2015 July 21, “The Mitochondrial Peptidase Pitrilysin Degrades Islet Amyloid Polypeptide in Beta-Cells”, in PLOS ONE‎[1], →DOI:
      In this study, we found that pitrilysin, a zinc metallopeptidase of the inverzincin family, degrades monomeric, but not oligomeric, islet amyloid polypeptide in vitro.
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