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- noun biochemistry Any
enzyme that catalyzes thehydrolysis oftannic acid togallic acid
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However, when this gallotannin, a polymeric phenol, is attacked by tannase produced through enzymatic activity by native plants and rhizospheric microbes, toxic gallic acid is produced and released in the root zone, exacerbating the invasive
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