Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chromomethylase

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: chro-momethy-lase
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any enzyme that catalyses the methylation of chromatin

Example Sentences

"For the families DNMT2, DNMT3 and chromomethylase, these values are 65, 36–52%, and 53–60%, respectively, for both species."

Etymology

From chromo- + methylase.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: chromo

Inflected Forms

chromomethylases (plural)

Questions

What does chromomethylase mean?: Any enzyme that catalyses the methylation of chromatin
Where does chromomethylase come from?: From chromo- + methylase.

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