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separase

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sep-a-rase
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A cysteine protease responsible for triggering anaphase by hydrolysing cohesin.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English separate Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *dwísder. Ancient Greek διά (diá) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ- (dĭă-) Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti Proto-Hellenic *hístāmi Ancient Greek ῐ̔́στημῐ (hĭ́stēmĭ) Ancient Greek δῐῐ̈́στημῐ (dĭĭ̈́stēmĭ) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́στᾰσῐς (dĭắstăsĭs) English diastase English -ase English separase From separate + -ase.

Usage

Inflected Forms

separases (plural)

Synonyms

separin

Questions

What does separase mean?
A cysteine protease responsible for triggering anaphase by hydrolysing cohesin.
Where does separase come from?
Etymology tree English separate Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *dwísder. Ancient Greek διά (diá) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ- (dĭă-) Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti Proto-Hellenic *hístāmi Ancient Greek ῐ̔́στημῐ (hĭ́stēmĭ) Ancient Greek δῐῐ̈́στημῐ (dĭĭ̈́stēmĭ) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́στᾰσῐς (dĭắstăsĭs) English diastase English -ase English separase From separate + -ase.

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