Definitions
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- noun
cutin hydrolase , anenzyme thathydrolyzes cutin .
Etymologies
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cutin + -ase
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Examples
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In the present study, the cutinase from Thermobifida fusca was induced by cutin and purified to homogeneity by following p-nitrophenyl butyrate hydrolyzing activity.
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Homology modeling revealed that T. fusca cutinases adopt an fold that exhibits both similarities and variations from the fungal cutinase structure.
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This is the first report of cutinase encoding genes from bacterial sources.
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