any enzyme, esp an exopeptidase, that acts upon terminal chemical bonds in a chain of molecules
Compare endoenzyme
2. another name for ectoenzyme
Examples of 'exoenzyme' in a sentence
exoenzyme
The hydrolysis product suggests that polygalacturonase was shown to be an endo/exoenzyme.
Eduardo da Silva Martins, Rodrigo Simões Ribeiro Leite, Roberto da Silva, Eleni Gomes 2013, 'Purification and Properties of Polygalacturonase Produced by Thermophilic Fungus Thermoascusaurantiacus CBMAI-756 on Solid-State Fermentation', Enzyme Researchhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/438645. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)