Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

geranylgeranyltransferase

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ger-anyl-ger-anyl-trans-ferase
IPA

36

Scrabble Score

25

Letters

6

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One of the three enzymes in the prenyltransferase group.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From geranyl + geranyl + transferase.

Usage

Inflected Forms

geranylgeranyltransferases (plural)

Questions

What does geranylgeranyltransferase mean?: One of the three enzymes in the prenyltransferase group.
Where does geranylgeranyltransferase come from?: From geranyl + geranyl + transferase.

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