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methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
methylenete-trahy-dro-fo-late re-duc-tase
IPA
55
Scrabble Score
34
Letters
7
Syllables
15
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

an enzyme that converts 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate into 5-methyltetrahydrofolate, a key step in folate metabolism that supports the body’s methylation cycle and homocysteine processing.

Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

methylenetetrahydrofolatereductase (alternative)

Synonyms

MTHFR

Questions

What does methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase mean?
an enzyme that converts 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate into 5-methyltetrahydrofolate, a key step in folate metabolism that supports the body’s methylation cycle and homocysteine processing.

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