"epimerase" meaning in All languages combined

See epimerase on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: epimerases [plural]
Etymology: From epimer + -ase. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|epimer|ase}} epimer + -ase Head templates: {{en-noun}} epimerase (plural epimerases)
  1. (biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the stereochemical inversion of the configuration about an asymmetric carbon atom in a substrate having more than one center of asymmetry. Categories (topical): Enzymes Translations (enzyme): epimeraasi (Finnish), epimerasa [feminine] (Spanish)

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