1. SYN: intracellular enzyme. 2. An enzyme that catalyzes an endohydrolysis.
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en·do·en·zyme (en″do-enґzīm) an enzyme that is retained in a cell and does not normally diffuse out of the cell into the surrounding medium; called also intracellular enzyme. Cf. exoenzyme.Medical dictionary. 2011.