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elongase

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
elon-gase
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any enzyme that catalyzes the elongation of an aliphatic chain, but especially one that elongates a fatty acid

Etymology

Etymology tree English elongate Ancient Greek δῐῐ̈́στημῐ (dĭĭ̈́stēmĭ) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́στᾰσῐς (dĭắstăsĭs) English diastase English -ase English elongase From elongate + -ase.

Inflected Forms

elongases (plural)

Questions

What does elongase mean?
Any enzyme that catalyzes the elongation of an aliphatic chain, but especially one that elongates a fatty acid
Where does elongase come from?
Etymology tree English elongate Ancient Greek δῐῐ̈́στημῐ (dĭĭ̈́stēmĭ) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́στᾰσῐς (dĭắstăsĭs) English diastase English -ase English elongase From elongate + -ase.

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