Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

molybdoenzyme

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: molyb-doen-zyme
IPA

35

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any metalloenzyme in which the active metal is molybdenum.

Example Sentences

"In the present investigation evidence is presented indicating that the CO₂ reductase from Cl. pasteurianum most probably is a molybdoenzyme: It is synthesized only in the presence of molybdenum and is inactivated by low concentrations of cyanide, as are other molybdoenzymes."
"Many organisms possessed several molybdoenzyme families and several subfamilies within these families. In archaea, as in bacteria, DMSOR was also the most frequently used molybdoenzyme family (>95% of Mo-utilizing organisms)."
"While eukaryotes produce only a limited number of enzymes belonging to the sulfite oxidase and xanthine oxidase families (for instance, four molybdoenzymes are present in humans), enzymes of all three families are present in prokaryotes with enzymes of the DMSO reductase family being predominant."

Etymology

From molybdo- + enzyme.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: molybdo

Inflected Forms

molybdoenzymes (plural)

Derived Forms

selenomolybdoenzyme

Questions

What does molybdoenzyme mean?: Any metalloenzyme in which the active metal is molybdenum.
Where does molybdoenzyme come from?: From molybdo- + enzyme.

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