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phosphomonoesterases

phosphomonoesterases is the plural of phosphomonoesterase.

Meaning of phosphomonoesterase

Noun

phosphomonoesterase (countable and uncountable, plural phosphomonoesterases)

  1. A phosphoric monoester hydrolase; an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of O-P bonds by nucleophilic attack of phosphorus by cysteine residues or coordinated metal ions.
    • Dr. L. Shuster kindly furnished samples of prostatic acid phosphomonoesterase prepared according to the procedure of Markham and Smith.1955, John B. Wolff, Nathan O. Kaplan, “d-Mannitol 1-Phosphate Dehydrogenase from Escherichia Coli”, in The Journal of General Physiology, page 850

Questions about phosphomonoesterases

What is phosphomonoesterases the plural of?
Phosphomonoesterases is the plural of phosphomonoesterase.

Words near phosphomonoesterases in the dictionary

  1. phosphomolybdic acid
  2. phosphomolybdotungstate
  3. phosphomolybdotungstates
  4. phosphomonoester
  5. phosphomonoesterase
  6. phosphomonoesterases
  7. phosphomonoesters
  8. phosphomotif
  9. phosphomotifs
  10. phosphomutant
  11. phosphomutants

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