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xylotransferase

xylotransferase noun: a transferase that transfers xylose groups.

Noun

xylotransferase (plural xylotransferases)

  1. A transferase that transfers xylose groups.
    • XYLT1 provides the instructions for the enzyme xylotransferase, which plays an essential role in a wide variety of biological processes.2018 December 26, “DNA repeats may explain many cases of rare genetic disorder”, in UW Medicine Newsroom

Forms of xylotransferase

pluralxylotransferases

Origin of xylotransferase

From xylo- + transferase.

Questions about xylotransferase

What does xylotransferase mean?
Xylotransferase means a transferase that transfers xylose groups.
What part of speech is xylotransferase?
Xylotransferase is a noun.
What is the plural of xylotransferase?
The plural of xylotransferase is xylotransferases.

Words near xylotransferase in the dictionary

  1. xylotomically
  2. xylotomist
  3. xylotomists
  4. xylotomous
  5. xylotomy
  6. xylotransferase
  7. xylotransferases
  8. xylotriose
  9. xylotrioses
  10. xylotroph
  11. xylotrophic

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