English

autolysin

From auto- + lysin.

Formed from auto- + lysin

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew ‘again’

Ancient Greek αὖ ‘Again, anew, afresh, in turn’

Ancient Greek τόν

Ancient Greek αὐτός ‘self’

English auto-

Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- ‘to cut off, separate, free’

Ancient Greek λύω ‘loosen’

Ancient Greek λύσις ‘loosing, releasing, release, ransoming’

English lysin

Today it means

noun Any enzyme that hydrolyses a component of the cell (or tissue) in which it is produced

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