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phosphogluconolactonase

phosphogluconolactonase noun: any enzyme that catalyzes the isomerization of phosphogluconolactone to phosphogluconate.

Noun

phosphogluconolactonase (plural phosphogluconolactonases)

  1. Any enzyme that catalyzes the isomerization of phosphogluconolactone to phosphogluconate

Forms of phosphogluconolactonase

pluralphosphogluconolactonases

Origin of phosphogluconolactonase

From phosphogluconolactone + -ase.

Questions about phosphogluconolactonase

What does phosphogluconolactonase mean?
Phosphogluconolactonase means any enzyme that catalyzes the isomerization of phosphogluconolactone to phosphogluconate.
What part of speech is phosphogluconolactonase?
Phosphogluconolactonase is a noun.
What is the plural of phosphogluconolactonase?
The plural of phosphogluconolactonase is phosphogluconolactonases.

Words near phosphogluconolactonase in the dictionary

  1. phosphoglucokinases
  2. phosphoglucomutase
  3. phosphoglucomutases
  4. phosphogluconate
  5. phosphogluconates
  6. phosphogluconolactonase
  7. phosphogluconolactonases
  8. phosphogluconolactone
  9. phosphoglucosamine
  10. phosphoglucosamine mutase
  11. phosphoglucosamine mutases

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