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thymidylyltransferase

thymidylyltransferase noun: any transferase that transfers a thymidylyl or thymidyl group.

Noun

thymidylyltransferase (plural thymidylyltransferases)

  1. Any transferase that transfers a thymidylyl or thymidyl group.
    • There are four genes, rmlB (dTDP-glucose 4, 6-dehydratase), rmlD (dTDP-4-dehydrorhamnose reductase), rmlA (glucose-1-phosphate thymidylyltransferase), and rmlC (dTDP-4-dehydrorhamnose 3,5-epimerase) that are involved in the biosynthesis of dTDP-L-rhamnose.2016 January 30, “Comparison of O-Antigen Gene Clusters of All O-Serogroups of Escherichia coli and Proposal for Adopting a New Nomenclature for O-Typing”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of thymidylyltransferase

pluralthymidylyltransferases

Origin of thymidylyltransferase

From thymidylyl + transferase.

Questions about thymidylyltransferase

What does thymidylyltransferase mean?
Thymidylyltransferase means any transferase that transfers a thymidylyl or thymidyl group.
What part of speech is thymidylyltransferase?
Thymidylyltransferase is a noun.
What is the plural of thymidylyltransferase?
The plural of thymidylyltransferase is thymidylyltransferases.

Words near thymidylyltransferase in the dictionary

  1. thymidylated
  2. thymidylates
  3. thymidylic
  4. thymidylic acid
  5. thymidylyl
  6. thymidylyltransferase
  7. thymidylyltransferases
  8. thymier
  9. thymiest
  10. thymine
  11. thymineless

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