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transketolase

transketolase noun: an enzyme of both the pentose phosphate pathway in animals and the Calvin cycle of photosynthesis, which catalyzes two important reactions.

Noun

transketolase (countable and uncountable, plural transketolases)

  1. An enzyme of both the pentose phosphate pathway in animals and the Calvin cycle of photosynthesis, which catalyzes two important reactions.

Forms of transketolase

pluraltransketolases

Origin of transketolase

From trans- + keto- + -ase.

Questions about transketolase

What does transketolase mean?
Transketolase means an enzyme of both the pentose phosphate pathway in animals and the Calvin cycle of photosynthesis, which catalyzes two important reactions.
What part of speech is transketolase?
Transketolase is a noun.
What is the plural of transketolase?
The plural of transketolase is transketolases.

Words near transketolase in the dictionary

  1. transjurisdictional
  2. transjurisdictionally
  3. Transkei
  4. Transkeian
  5. Transkeians
  6. transketolase
  7. transketolases
  8. transketolation
  9. transketolations
  10. transkid
  11. transkids

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