Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

glyoxalase

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gly-ox-alase
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Either of a pair of related thiol-dependent enzymes: glyoxalase І, which catalyse the isomerisation of the spontaneously formed hemithioacetal adduct between GSH and 2-oxoaldehydes (such as methylglyoxal) into S-2-hydroxyacylglutathione; and glyoxalase ІІ, which hydrolyses these thiolesters.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From glyoxal + -ase.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: glyoxal

Usage

Inflected Forms

glyoxalases (plural)

Questions

What does glyoxalase mean?: Either of a pair of related thiol-dependent enzymes: glyoxalase І, which catalyse the isomerisation of the spontaneously formed hemithioacetal adduct between GSH and 2-oxoaldehydes (such as methylglyoxal) into S-2-hydroxyacylglutathione; and glyoxalase ІІ, which hydrolyses these thiolesters.
Where does glyoxalase come from?: From glyoxal + -ase.

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