English Explanatory Dictionary

GTPase

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of a large family of hydrolase enzymes that bind to the nucleotide guanosine triphosphate (GTP) and hydrolyze it to guanosine diphosphate (GDP).

Word forms

GTPase GTPases

Etymology

From GTP + -ase.

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