Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

deadenylase

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dead-eny-lase
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any enzyme that catalyzes a deadenylation reaction

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English adenyl Ancient Greek δῐῐ̈́στημῐ (dĭĭ̈́stēmĭ) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́στᾰσῐς (dĭắstăsĭs) English diastase English -ase English deadenylase From de- + adenyl + -ase.

Inflected Forms

deadenylases (plural)

Questions

What does deadenylase mean?: Any enzyme that catalyzes a deadenylation reaction
Where does deadenylase come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English adenyl Ancient Greek δῐῐ̈́στημῐ (dĭĭ̈́stēmĭ) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́στᾰσῐς (dĭắstăsĭs) English diastase English -ase English deadenylase From de- + adenyl + -ase.

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