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myokinase

myokinase noun: adenylate kinase, a phosphotransferase enzyme that catalyzes the interconversion of adenine nucleotides and plays an important role in cellular energy homeostasis.

Noun

myokinase (countable and uncountable, plural myokinases)

  1. adenylate kinase, a phosphotransferase enzyme that catalyzes the interconversion of adenine nucleotides and plays an important role in cellular energy homeostasis

Forms of myokinase

pluralmyokinases

Origin of myokinase

From myo- + kinase.

Questions about myokinase

What does myokinase mean?
Myokinase means adenylate kinase, a phosphotransferase enzyme that catalyzes the interconversion of adenine nucleotides and plays an important role in cellular energy homeostasis.
What part of speech is myokinase?
Myokinase is a noun.
What is the plural of myokinase?
The plural of myokinase is myokinases.

Words near myokinase in the dictionary

  1. myoinositol
  2. myoinositols
  3. myointimal
  4. myoinvasive
  5. Myojin parakaryote
  6. myokinase
  7. myokinases
  8. myokine
  9. myokines
  10. myokinesis
  11. myokinetic

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