Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

diphosphohydrolase

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: diphos-pho-hy-dro-lase
IPA

36

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any phosphohydrolase that catalyses the removal of two phosphate groups (typically from a triphosphate)

Example Sentences

"A recent study reported that the endoplasmic reticulum enzyme ectonucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolase 5 stimulates ATP consumption and favors aerobic glycolysis, thereby promoting cancer cell survival [ 30 ]."

Etymology

From di- + phosphohydrolase.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: di

Inflected Forms

diphosphohydrolases (plural)

Questions

What does diphosphohydrolase mean?: Any phosphohydrolase that catalyses the removal of two phosphate groups (typically from a triphosphate)
Where does diphosphohydrolase come from?: From di- + phosphohydrolase.

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