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synthetase

/ˈsɪnθəteɪ̯s/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.24 in modern English

Syllables
syn-thetase
IPA
/ˈsɪnθəteɪ̯s/
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any enzyme that catalyzes the synthesis of a biological compound.

noun

Such an enzyme that, more specifically, uses ATP as a source of energy.

Dated

Etymology

Etymology tree English synthesis Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *dwísder. Ancient Greek διά (diá) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ- (dĭă-) Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti Proto-Hellenic *hístāmi Ancient Greek ῐ̔́στημῐ (hĭ́stēmĭ) Ancient Greek δῐῐ̈́στημῐ (dĭĭ̈́stēmĭ) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́στᾰσῐς (dĭắstăsĭs) English diastase English -ase English synthetase From synthesis + -ase.

Usage

Inflected Forms

synthetases (plural)

Derived Forms

antisynthetase megasynthetase multisynthetase nonsynthetase

Phrases

aminoacyl tRNA synthetase phosphoribosylaminoimidazole synthetase selenophosphate synthetase tryptophan synthetase

Frequently Paired Words

carboxylase synthase

Synonyms

synthase

Questions

How do you pronounce synthetase?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsɪnθəteɪ̯s/.
What does synthetase mean?
Any enzyme that catalyzes the synthesis of a biological compound.
Where does synthetase come from?
Etymology tree English synthesis Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *dwísder. Ancient Greek διά (diá) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ- (dĭă-) Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti Proto-Hellenic *hístāmi Ancient Greek ῐ̔́στημῐ (hĭ́stēmĭ) Ancient Greek δῐῐ̈́στημῐ (dĭĭ̈́stēmĭ) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́στᾰσῐς (dĭắstăsĭs) English diastase English -ase English synthetase From synthesis + -ase.

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