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Where does “glycotransferase” come from?

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

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

Definitions

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

Ancestry of “glycotransferase”, 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—
Every word from Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́στᾰσῐς →