"synthetase" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈsɪnθəteɪ̯s/, /ˈsɪnθəteɪ̯z/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-synthetase.wav Forms: synthetases [plural]
Etymology: From synthesis + -ase. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|synthesis|-ase}} synthesis + -ase Head templates: {{en-noun}} synthetase (plural synthetases)
  1. Any enzyme that catalyzes the synthesis of a biological compound. Synonyms: synthase Translations (ligase that synthesizes biological compounds): 合酶 (héméi) (Chinese Mandarin), syntetaasi (Finnish), sintetasi [feminine] (Italian), sintetase [feminine] (Portuguese), sintetasa [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-synthetase-en-noun-~ZFc2b-s Disambiguation of 'ligase that synthesizes biological compounds': 68 32
  2. (dated) Such an enzyme that, more specifically, uses ATP as a source of energy. Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-synthetase-en-noun-REmuQQxT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ase, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 62 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ase: 40 60 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 28 72 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 66 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 36 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 30 70
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: aminoacyl tRNA synthetase, antisynthetase, megasynthetase, nonsynthetase, phosphoribosylaminoimidazole synthetase, selenophosphate synthetase, tryptophan synthetase Related terms: carboxylase

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Alternative forms

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