Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pnpase

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pn-pase
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Polynucleotide phosphorylase, an RNA-degrading protein

noun

Purine nucleoside phosphorylase, an enzyme involved in purine metabolism

Etymology

From PNP + -ase.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: PNP

Inflected Forms

PNPases (plural)

Questions

What does pnpase mean?: Polynucleotide phosphorylase, an RNA-degrading protein
Where does pnpase come from?: From PNP + -ase.

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