nucleosidase

noun

nu·cle·o·sid·ase | \ ˌn(y)ü-klē-ə-ˈsī-ˌdās, -ˌdāz

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Medical Definition of nucleosidase

1 : an enzyme that promotes the hydrolysis of a nucleoside

2 : a phosphorylase that promotes reversibly the reaction of a nucleoside with phosphate forming a base and a phosphate of ribose or deoxyribose

— called also nucleoside phosphorylase

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