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Where does “glutamyltransferase” come from?

glutamyltransferase (English) comes from English transferase, from English -ase, from English diastase, from Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́στᾰσῐς.

glutamyltransferase (English): Any enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of a...

Definitions

  1. Any enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of a...

Ancestry of “glutamyltransferase”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtransferaseAny of various enzymes that catalyze the transfer...
2English-aseUsed to form the names of enzymes
3EnglishdiastaseAny one of a group of enzymes which catalyse the...
4Ancient Greekδῐᾰ́στᾰσῐς—
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