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transmethylase

transmethylase noun: an enzyme that catalyses transmethylation.

Noun

transmethylase (plural transmethylases)

  1. An enzyme that catalyses transmethylation.
    • Although the dimethylthetin transmethylase can be prepared free from the betaine transmethylase by further alcohol fractionation, all active betaine transmethylase preparations have had dimethylthetin transmethylase activity.1948, JW Dubnoff, H Borsook, “Dimethylthetin and dimethyl-β-propriothetin in methionine synthesis”, in Journal of Biological Chemistry

Forms of transmethylase

pluraltransmethylases

Questions about transmethylase

What does transmethylase mean?
Transmethylase means an enzyme that catalyses transmethylation.
What part of speech is transmethylase?
Transmethylase is a noun.
What is the plural of transmethylase?
The plural of transmethylase is transmethylases.

Words near transmethylase in the dictionary

  1. transmetallates
  2. transmetallating
  3. transmetallation
  4. transmetallations
  5. transmetatarsal
  6. transmethylase
  7. transmethylases
  8. transmethylate
  9. transmethylated
  10. transmethylation
  11. transmethylations

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