Definition of "deadenylase" []

• Any enzyme that catalyzes a deadenylation reaction (noun)

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• "Semotok JL, Cooperstock RL, Pinder BD, Vari HK, Lipshitz HD, et al. (2005) Smaug recruits the CCR4/POP2/NOT deadenylase complex to trigger maternal transcript localization in the early Drosophila embryo."
• "The resulting structures suggest a molecular deadenylase mechanism involving"
• "This first structure of a deadenylase belonging to the EEP family adopts a complete"