Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lumazine synthase

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: lumazine syn-thase
IPA

33

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

2

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An enzyme, involved in riboflavin biosynthesis, that catalyzes the chemical reaction 1-deoxy-L-glycero-tetrulose 4-phosphate + 5-amino-6-(D-ribitylamino)uracil ⇌ 6,7-dimethyl-8-(D-ribityl)lumazine + 2 H₂O + phosphate.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"DNA vaccines encoding ribosomal L7/L12, lumazine synthase (BLS), P39 (a putative periplasmic binding protein), Omp16 (outer membrane protein) and BAB1_0278 genes have demonstrated to confer protection against B. abortus challenge in mice."

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does lumazine synthase mean?: An enzyme, involved in riboflavin biosynthesis, that catalyzes the chemical reaction 1-deoxy-L-glycero-tetrulose 4-phosphate + 5-amino-6-(D-ribitylamino)uracil ⇌ 6,7-dimethyl-8-(D-ribityl)lumazine + 2 H₂O + phosphate.

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