endoglucanase

English

Etymology

From endo- +‎ glucanase.

Noun

endoglucanase (plural endoglucanases)

  1. (biochemistry) Any glucanase/cellulase that is active within the organism that produced it.
  2. Any glucanase/cellulase that cleaves internal glycoside bonds in a glucose polymer, as opposed to clipping off a terminal glucose from one end of a polymeric chain.
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