Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

modification enzyme

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.49 in modern English

Syllables: mod-i-fi-ca-tion en-zyme
IPA

40

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

6

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of enzyme, often a methyltransferase, that chemically alters DNA or RNA bases to protect them from cleavage by a restriction enzyme.

Inflected Forms

modification enzymes (plural)

Questions

What does modification enzyme mean?: A type of enzyme, often a methyltransferase, that chemically alters DNA or RNA bases to protect them from cleavage by a restriction enzyme.

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