Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

homocysteinase

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ho-mo-cys-teinase
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any enzyme that catalyzes the breakdown of homocysteine

Example Sentences

"Of our 30 genes, glutamate synthase and adenosyl homocysteinase were used for multiple gene analysis by Koufopanou et al."

Etymology

From homocysteine + -ase.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: homocysteine

Inflected Forms

homocysteinases (plural)

Questions

What does homocysteinase mean?: Any enzyme that catalyzes the breakdown of homocysteine
Where does homocysteinase come from?: From homocysteine + -ase.

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