Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

isopentenyltransferase

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: isopen-tenyl-trans-ferase
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

22

Letters

4

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any transferase that catalyses the transfer of an isopentenyl group

Example Sentences

"The rate-limiting step for cytokinin biosynthesis involves a group of isopentenyltransferase (IPT) enzymes."

Etymology

From isopentenyl + transferase.

Inflected Forms

isopentenyltransferases (plural)

Questions

What does isopentenyltransferase mean?: Any transferase that catalyses the transfer of an isopentenyl group
Where does isopentenyltransferase come from?: From isopentenyl + transferase.

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