Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thymidylyltransferase

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: thymidy-lyl-trans-ferase
IPA

39

Scrabble Score

21

Letters

4

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any transferase that transfers a thymidylyl or thymidyl group.

Example Sentences

"There are four genes, rmlB (dTDP-glucose 4, 6-dehydratase), rmlD (dTDP-4-dehydrorhamnose reductase), rmlA (glucose-1-phosphate thymidylyltransferase), and rmlC (dTDP-4-dehydrorhamnose 3,5-epimerase) that are involved in the biosynthesis of dTDP-L-rhamnose."

Etymology

From thymidylyl + transferase.

Inflected Forms

thymidylyltransferases (plural)

Questions

What does thymidylyltransferase mean?: Any transferase that transfers a thymidylyl or thymidyl group.
Where does thymidylyltransferase come from?: From thymidylyl + transferase.

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