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triphosphatase

triphosphatase noun: an enzyme that catalyzes the breakdown of triphosphate into a phosphate and a diphosphate through the addition of a water molecule.

Noun

triphosphatase (countable and uncountable, plural triphosphatases)

  1. An enzyme that catalyzes the breakdown of triphosphate into a phosphate and a diphosphate through the addition of a water molecule

Forms of triphosphatase

pluraltriphosphatases

Origin of triphosphatase

From triphosphate + -ase.

Questions about triphosphatase

What does triphosphatase mean?
Triphosphatase means an enzyme that catalyzes the breakdown of triphosphate into a phosphate and a diphosphate through the addition of a water molecule.
What part of speech is triphosphatase?
Triphosphatase is a noun.
What is the plural of triphosphatase?
The plural of triphosphatase is triphosphatases.

Words near triphosphatase in the dictionary

  1. triphonic
  2. triphop
  3. triphorid
  4. triphorids
  5. triphosgene
  6. triphosphatase
  7. triphosphatases
  8. triphosphate
  9. triphosphates
  10. triphosphirane
  11. triphosphohydrolase

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