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phosphoketolase

phosphoketolase noun: a particular aldehyde-lyase enzyme.

Noun

phosphoketolase (plural phosphoketolases)

  1. A particular aldehyde-lyase enzyme.

Forms of phosphoketolase

pluralphosphoketolases

Origin of phosphoketolase

From phospho- + ketolase.

Questions about phosphoketolase

What does phosphoketolase mean?
Phosphoketolase means a particular aldehyde-lyase enzyme.
What part of speech is phosphoketolase?
Phosphoketolase is a noun.
What is the plural of phosphoketolase?
The plural of phosphoketolase is phosphoketolases.

Words near phosphoketolase in the dictionary

  1. phosphoisomerases
  2. phosphoisoprenoid
  3. phosphoisoprenoids
  4. phosphoisotype
  5. phosphoisotypes
  6. phosphoketolase
  7. phosphoketolases
  8. phosphokinase
  9. phosphokinases
  10. phospholabeling
  11. phospholabelling

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