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mutase

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.16 in modern English

Syllables
mu-tase
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An isomerase that catalyzes the shifting of a functional group from one position to another within the same molecule

Etymology

From mutate + -ase?

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

mutases (plural)

Derived Forms

aldoketomutase aminomutase glucomutase hypermutase oxomutase phosphofructomutase phosphoglucomutase phosphoglyceromutase phosphomutase

Phrases

bisphosphoglycerate mutase phosphoacetylglucosamine mutase phosphoenolpyruvate mutase phosphoglucosamine mutase phosphoglycerate mutase

Questions

What does mutase mean?
An isomerase that catalyzes the shifting of a functional group from one position to another within the same molecule
Where does mutase come from?
From mutate + -ase?

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