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phosphotase

phosphotase is the misspelling of phosphatase.

Meaning of phosphatase

Noun

phosphatase (countable and uncountable, plural phosphatases)

  1. Any of several enzymes that hydrolyze phosphate esters, and are important in the metabolism of carbohydrates, nucleotides and phospholipids, and in the formation of bone.
    • These results are in accordance with the observations of Pirani et al., who found that in normal pregnancy there was no correlation between serum heat-stable alkaline phosphatase activity and crude baby weight or placental weight.2018, A.S. Curry, Biochemistry of Women Methods, page 241

Questions about phosphotase

What is phosphotase the misspelling of?
Phosphotase is the misspelling of phosphatase.

Words near phosphotase in the dictionary

  1. phosphoswitch
  2. phosphoswitches
  3. phosphosynthetic
  4. phosphotarget
  5. phosphotargets
  6. phosphotase
  7. phosphothioate
  8. phosphothiol
  9. phosphothiolated
  10. phosphothreonine
  11. phosphothreonines

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