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photolyase

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pho-tolyase
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An enzyme that repairs DNA that has been damaged by light.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- English lyase English photolyase From photo- + lyase.

Usage

Inflected Forms

photolyases (plural)

Questions

What does photolyase mean?
An enzyme that repairs DNA that has been damaged by light.
Where does photolyase come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- English lyase English photolyase From photo- + lyase.

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