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triphosphohydrolase

triphosphohydrolase noun: any hydrolase that catalyses the hydrolysis of triphosphates.

Noun

triphosphohydrolase (plural triphosphohydrolases)

  1. Any hydrolase that catalyses the hydrolysis of triphosphates
    • A key player of this restriction is the sterile alpha motif-hydroxylase domain 1 protein (SAMHD1, [6 ,7 ,14 ], a dGTP-dependent deoxynucleotide triphosphohydrolase that maintains dNTPs at concentrations that are limiting for efficient reverse transcription [5 ,16 ,17 ,18 ,19 ,20 ]).2015 October 24, “The Frequency of Cytidine Editing of Viral DNA Is Differentially Influenced by Vpx and Nucleosides during HIV-1 or SIV MAC Infection of Dendritic Cells”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of triphosphohydrolase

pluraltriphosphohydrolases

Origin of triphosphohydrolase

From tri- + phospho- + hydrolase.

Questions about triphosphohydrolase

What does triphosphohydrolase mean?
Triphosphohydrolase means any hydrolase that catalyses the hydrolysis of triphosphates.
What part of speech is triphosphohydrolase?
Triphosphohydrolase is a noun.
What is the plural of triphosphohydrolase?
The plural of triphosphohydrolase is triphosphohydrolases.

Words near triphosphohydrolase in the dictionary

  1. triphosphatase
  2. triphosphatases
  3. triphosphate
  4. triphosphates
  5. triphosphirane
  6. triphosphohydrolase
  7. triphosphohydrolases
  8. triphosphoinositide
  9. triphosphoinositides
  10. triphosphole
  11. triphospholes

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