English word pseudoprotease comes from English pseudo- (False, not genuine, fake.), English protease ((enzyme) An enzyme that cuts or cleaves proteins.)

Detailed word origin of pseudoprotease

Dictionary entry	Language	Definition
pseudo-	English (eng)	False, not genuine, fake.
protease	English (eng)	(enzyme) An enzyme that cuts or cleaves proteins.
pseudoprotease	English (eng)	A rhomboid protease that lacks the amino acid residues that are essential for proteolysis, implying that it cannot cleave substrates.

Words with the same origin as pseudoprotease