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Definition: Proteolysis |
ProteolysisNoun1. The hydrolysis of proteins into peptides and amino acids by cleavage of their peptide bonds. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Proteolysis \Pro`te*ol"y*sis\, noun. [New Latin expression. See Proteolytic.]. (Websters 1913) |
Crosswords: Proteolysis |
| English words defined with "proteolysis": peptidase, protease, proteinase, proteolytic, proteolytic enzyme. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "proteolysis": Ancrod ♦ Fibronectins ♦ Kringles ♦ PrP 27-30 Protein. (references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Proteolysis is used by the cell for several purposes. They include
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Proteolysis."
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| "Proteolysis" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Proteolysis" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 5 | 157,705 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
proteolysis | 6 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "proteolysis"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | proteolyse (protein breakdown), æggehvidespaltning. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | proteolysis, proteolyse (protein breakdown), eiwitafbraak. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | proteolyysi (protein breakdown). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | protéolyse (protein breakdown), dégradation des protides. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Proteolyse (protein breakdown), Proteinspaltung, Proteinabbau, Eiweißspaltung, Eiweißkatabolismus, Eiweißabbau (protein breakdown). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πρωτεόλυση (protein breakdown). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | proteolisi (protein breakdown). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | oteolysispray proteólise (protein breakdown). (various references) proteólisis (protein breakdown). (various references) proteolys (protein breakdown). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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"Proteolysis" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: protelysis, proteolytes, proteolyzed. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "proteolysis" (pronounced 'Pro`te*ol"y*sis'): Abiogenesis, Absis, Actinomycosis, Adenosclerosis, Adipolysis, AEsthesis, Agamogenesis, Agenesis, Agennesis, Albuminosis, Amanuensis, Amaurosis, Amitosis, Ampelopsis, Amphiarthrosis, Amphigenesis, Amylogenesis, Amylolysis, Anabasis, Anacoenosis, Anacrusis, Anadiplosis, Anaesthesis, Anagnorisis, Anamnesis, Anamorphosis, Anapophysis, Anastomosis, Anemosis, Angioneurosis, Ankylostomiasis, Antanaclasis, Anthesis, Anthracosis, Anthropomorphosis, Antimetathesis, Antiperistasis, Antiphrasis, Antiptosis, Antipyresis, Antisepsis, Antithesis, Aparithmesis, Aphaeresis, Apheresis, Aphesis, Apodosis, Aponeurosis, Apophasis, Apophysis. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-l-o-o-p-r-s-s-t-y" | |
-2 letters: oestriols, prostyles. | |
-3 letters: estriols, isospory, isotopes, isotropy, isotypes, loopiest, oestriol, ostioles, otiosely, pistoles, poitrels, poloists, porosity, portless, priestly, prosiest, prosties, prostyle, protyles, reposits, resplits, ripostes, rootless, serosity, sisterly, spoilers, sportily, stoolies, stoopers, styliser, topsoils, triposes. | |
-4 letters: esprits, estriol, isotope, isotopy, isotype, leprosy, lispers, listers, loiters, loopers, loopier, loosest, looters, lorises, lotoses, lyrists, oolites. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-i-l-o-o-p-r-s-s-t-y" | |
+4 letters: polymerisations. | |
+5 letters: leukodystrophies, proselytizations, stereoscopically. | |
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