Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sulfurylase

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sul-fury-lase
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of sulfate, typically to a form of ATP

Example Sentences

"The mechanism underlying the enhanced S assimilation may be upregulated expression of genes involved in S/Se assimilation, particularly ATP sulfurylase and APS reductase [33,180]."

Etymology

From sulfuryl + -ase.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: sulfuryl

Inflected Forms

sulfurylases (plural)

Derived Forms

desulfurylase

Questions

What does sulfurylase mean?: Any enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of sulfate, typically to a form of ATP
Where does sulfurylase come from?: From sulfuryl + -ase.

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