Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gtpase

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.89 in modern English

Syllables: gt-pase
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a large family of hydrolase enzymes that bind to the nucleotide guanosine triphosphate (GTP) and hydrolyze it to guanosine diphosphate (GDP).

Etymology

From GTP + -ase.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: GTP

Inflected Forms

GTPases (plural)

Questions

What does gtpase mean?: Any of a large family of hydrolase enzymes that bind to the nucleotide guanosine triphosphate (GTP) and hydrolyze it to guanosine diphosphate (GDP).
Where does gtpase come from?: From GTP + -ase.

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