any of a group of enzymes secreted from the cells in which they are produced into the surrounding medium; extracellular enzyme
Also called: exoenzyme
ectoenzyme in American English
(ˌektouˈenzaim)
noun
Biochemistry
an enzyme, as pepsin, that functions outside the cell producing it; exoenzyme
Word origin
[ecto- + enzyme]
Examples of 'ectoenzyme' in a sentence
ectoenzyme
Hence, this ectoenzyme could regulate nucleotide-mediated signalling events in placental tissue.
A Kittel, Zs Csapó, E Csizmadia, SW Jackson, SC Robson 2009, 'Co-localization of P2Y1 receptor and NTPDase1/CD39 within caveolae in human placenta',European Journal of Histochemistryhttps://www.ejh.it/index.php/ejh/article/view/894. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)