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trimethylase

trimethylase noun: an enzyme that catalyses a trimethylation (typically of a histone).

Noun

trimethylase (plural trimethylases)

  1. An enzyme that catalyses a trimethylation (typically of a histone)

Forms of trimethylase

pluraltrimethylases

Origin of trimethylase

From tri- + methylase.

Questions about trimethylase

What does trimethylase mean?
Trimethylase means an enzyme that catalyses a trimethylation (typically of a histone).
What part of speech is trimethylase?
Trimethylase is a noun.
What is the plural of trimethylase?
The plural of trimethylase is trimethylases.

Words near trimethylase in the dictionary

  1. trimethylammoniums
  2. trimethylanaminium
  3. trimethylaniline
  4. trimethylanilines
  5. trimethylarsine
  6. trimethylase
  7. trimethylases
  8. trimethylate
  9. trimethylated
  10. trimethylates
  11. trimethylating

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