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phosphohydrolase

phosphohydrolase noun: any enzyme that hydrolyzes an organic phosphate group.

Noun

phosphohydrolase (plural phosphohydrolases)

  1. Any enzyme that hydrolyzes an organic phosphate group

Forms of phosphohydrolase

pluralphosphohydrolases

Origin of phosphohydrolase

From phospho- + hydrolase.

Words formed from phosphohydrolase

Questions about phosphohydrolase

What does phosphohydrolase mean?
Phosphohydrolase means any enzyme that hydrolyzes an organic phosphate group.
What part of speech is phosphohydrolase?
Phosphohydrolase is a noun.
What is the plural of phosphohydrolase?
The plural of phosphohydrolase is phosphohydrolases.

Words near phosphohydrolase in the dictionary

  1. phosphohistidine
  2. phosphohistidines
  3. phosphohistone
  4. phosphohydrase
  5. phosphohydrases
  6. phosphohydrolase
  7. phosphohydrolases
  8. phosphohydrolysis
  9. phosphohydrolytic
  10. phosphoimage
  11. phosphoimager

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