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Where does “ubiquitinase” come from?

ubiquitinase (English) comes from English ubiquitin, from English ubiquitous, from English ubiquity, from Medieval Latin ubīquitās, from Latin ubique, from Latin -que, from Proto-Italic -kʷe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

ubiquitinase (English): Any enzyme that catalyzes a ubiquitination...

Definitions

  1. Any enzyme that catalyzes a ubiquitination...

Ancestry of “ubiquitinase”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishubiquitinAny of a class of small protein, or polypeptide,...
2EnglishubiquitousBeing everywhere at once: omnipresent; Appearing...
3EnglishubiquityThe state or quality of being, or appearing to...
4Medieval Latinubīquitās—
5Latinubiqueeverywhere
6Latin-queand, a copulative particle affixed to the word it...
7Proto-Italic-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
8Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

Words derived from “ubiquitinase”

  • monoubiquitinase
  • deubiquitinase
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