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phosphatidyltransferases

phosphatidyltransferases is the plural of phosphatidyltransferase.

Meaning of phosphatidyltransferase

Noun

phosphatidyltransferase (countable and uncountable, plural phosphatidyltransferases)

  1. An enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of a phosphatidyl group from one molecule to another, involved in lipid metabolism and cell membrane synthesis.
    • Steps that follow the formation of archaeal phospholipids are the activation of CDP-archaeol by CarS […] and head group modification by enzymes of the CPD-alcohol phosphatidyltransferases and by enzymes that are homologues of their bacterial counterparts.2016, Pierre Pontarotti, Evolutionary Biology: Convergent Evolution, Evolution of Complex Traits, Concepts and Methods, page 196

Questions about phosphatidyltransferases

What is phosphatidyltransferases the plural of?
Phosphatidyltransferases is the plural of phosphatidyltransferase.

Words near phosphatidyltransferases in the dictionary

  1. phosphatidylserine
  2. phosphatidylserines
  3. phosphatidylthreonine
  4. phosphatidylthreonines
  5. phosphatidyltransferase
  6. phosphatidyltransferases
  7. phosphating
  8. phosphatings
  9. phosphation
  10. phosphations
  11. phosphatisation

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