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aspartokinase

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
as-par-tok-i-nase
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An enzyme that catalyzes the phosphorylation of the amino acid aspartate, the first step in the biosynthesis of three essential amino acids: methionine, lysine, and threonine.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From asparto- + kinase.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

aspartokinases (plural)

Synonyms

aspartate kinase

Questions

What does aspartokinase mean?
An enzyme that catalyzes the phosphorylation of the amino acid aspartate, the first step in the biosynthesis of three essential amino acids: methionine, lysine, and threonine.
Where does aspartokinase come from?
From asparto- + kinase.

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