nucleosidase

nucleosidase
nu·cle·o·sid·ase .n(y)ü-klē-ə-'sī-.dās, -.dāz n
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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nu·cleo·si·dase (noo″kle-o-siґdās) a term used in the recommended names of some glycosidases hydrolyzing N-glycosyl linkages [EC 3.2.2] to denote those catalyzing the cleavage of a nucleoside to form a purine or pyrimidine base and a sugar.

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