Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

phosphomonoesterase

/ˌfɑsfoʊˌmɑnoʊˈɛstəˌɹeɪs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: phos-pho-mo-noesterase
IPA: /ˌfɑsfoʊˌmɑnoʊˈɛstəˌɹeɪs/

31

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A phosphoric monoester hydrolase; an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of O-P bonds by nucleophilic attack of phosphorus by cysteine residues or coordinated metal ions.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Dr. L. Shuster kindly furnished samples of prostatic acid phosphomonoesterase prepared according to the procedure of Markham and Smith."
"The venoms of snakes […] contain many enzymes, some of which, such as the proteases, phosphomonoesterase, phosphodiesterase, L–amino acid oxidase, 5-nucleotidase, cholinesterase, ribonuclease, desoxyribonuclease, ATPase, DNPase, and hyaluronidase are being used by the biochemist, pharmacologist, and physician."
"We first noted activation by high concentrations of ammonium sulfate […] when we attempted to purify cyclic adenosine monophosphatase (c-AMP-ase), phosphomonoesterase, and phosphodiesterase by the method of Robison."

Etymology

From phospho- + monoester + -ase.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: phospho
Suffix: monoester

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌfɑsfoʊˌmɑnoʊˈɛstəˌɹeɪs/

Usage

Inflected Forms

phosphomonoesterases (plural) phosphormonoesterase (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce phosphomonoesterase?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌfɑsfoʊˌmɑnoʊˈɛstəˌɹeɪs/.
What does phosphomonoesterase mean?: A phosphoric monoester hydrolase; an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of O-P bonds by nucleophilic attack of phosphorus by cysteine residues or coordinated metal ions.
Where does phosphomonoesterase come from?: From phospho- + monoester + -ase.

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