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transmethylases

transmethylases is the plural of transmethylase.

Meaning of transmethylase

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

Questions about transmethylases

What is transmethylases the plural of?
Transmethylases is the plural of transmethylase.

Words near transmethylases in the dictionary

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

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