"diphosphatase" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: diphosphatases [plural]
Etymology: diphosphate + -ase Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|diphosphate|ase}} diphosphate + -ase Head templates: {{en-noun}} diphosphatase (plural diphosphatases)
  1. (biochemistry, especially in combination) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of the diphosphate of a specific nucleotide or other biochemical compound Tags: especially, in-compounds Categories (topical): Enzymes Derived forms: adenosine diphosphatase, fructose diphosphatase, inosine diphosphatase Translations (enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of the diphosphate): difosfatasi [feminine] (Italian)

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