"synthetase" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈsɪnθəteɪ̯s/, /ˈsɪnθəteɪ̯z/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-synthetase.wav [US] 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': 61 39
  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 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 59 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ase: 40 60
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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