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cholinephosphotransferase

cholinephosphotransferase noun: any enzyme that catalyses the transfer of phosphocholine (in a glyceride).

Noun

cholinephosphotransferase (plural cholinephosphotransferases)

  1. Any enzyme that catalyses the transfer of phosphocholine (in a glyceride)
    • In addition to de novo DAG that is generated via the Kennedy pathway, DAG precursors for TAG synthesis can also be derived from PC by the reversible action of two enzymes, PC:DAG cholinephosphotransferase (PDCT/ROD1; [ 65 ] and/or cytidine-5′-diphosphocholine:DAG cholinephosphotransferase (CPT; [...2015 August 16, Aruna Kilaru et al., “Oil biosynthesis in a basal angiosperm: transcriptome analysis of Persea Americana mesocarp”, in BMC Plant Biology, volume 15, →DOI

Forms of cholinephosphotransferase

pluralcholinephosphotransferases

Questions about cholinephosphotransferase

What does cholinephosphotransferase mean?
Cholinephosphotransferase means any enzyme that catalyses the transfer of phosphocholine (in a glyceride).
What part of speech is cholinephosphotransferase?
Cholinephosphotransferase is a noun.
What is the plural of cholinephosphotransferase?
The plural of cholinephosphotransferase is cholinephosphotransferases.

Words near cholinephosphotransferase in the dictionary

  1. cholick
  2. cholicks
  3. cholics
  4. cholin
  5. choline
  6. cholinephosphotransferase
  7. cholinephosphotransferases
  8. cholinergenic
  9. cholinergia
  10. cholinergic
  11. cholinergic urticaria

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