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bisphosphatase

bisphosphatase noun: an enzyme that converts a bisphosphate to a monophosphate compound by dephosphorylation.

Noun

bisphosphatase (plural bisphosphatases)

  1. An enzyme that converts a bisphosphate to a monophosphate compound by dephosphorylation
    • an inositol bisphosphatase

Forms of bisphosphatase

pluralbisphosphatases

Origin of bisphosphatase

From bisphosphate + -ase.

Questions about bisphosphatase

What does bisphosphatase mean?
Bisphosphatase means an enzyme that converts a bisphosphate to a monophosphate compound by dephosphorylation.
What part of speech is bisphosphatase?
Bisphosphatase is a noun.
What is the plural of bisphosphatase?
The plural of bisphosphatase is bisphosphatases.

Words near bisphosphatase in the dictionary

  1. bisphenyls
  2. bisphenylthiazole
  3. bisphenylthiazoles
  4. bispheric
  5. bispherical
  6. bisphosphatase
  7. bisphosphatases
  8. bisphosphate
  9. bisphosphates
  10. bisphosphatidylglycerol
  11. bisphosphine

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