exoenzyme

[ek-soh-en-zahym]

noun Biochemistry.

an enzyme, as pepsin, that functions outside the cell producing it.

Compare endoenzyme.

Origin of exoenzyme

First recorded in 1920–25; exo- + enzyme

Also called ectoenzyme.

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British Dictionary definitions for exoenzyme

exoenzyme

noun

any enzyme, esp an exopeptidase, that acts upon terminal chemical bonds in a chain of moleculesCompare endoenzyme

another name for ectoenzyme

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exoenzyme in Medicine

exoenzyme

[ĕk′sō-ĕn′zīm′]

n.

extracellular enzyme