Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cytidylyltransferase

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cytidy-lyl-trans-ferase
IPA

35

Scrabble Score

20

Letters

4

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any transferase that transfers a cytidylyl group

Example Sentences

"The CDP-choline pathway can occur in all nucleated cells and is involved in producing PC from choline, ATP, CTP and diacylglycerol, catalyzed by the enzymes choline kinase, choline-phosphate cytidylyltransferase and diacylglycerol cholinephosphotransferase [44 ]."

Etymology

From cytidylyl + transferase.

Inflected Forms

cytidylyltransferases (plural)

Questions

What does cytidylyltransferase mean?: Any transferase that transfers a cytidylyl group
Where does cytidylyltransferase come from?: From cytidylyl + transferase.

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