English Explanatory Dictionary

phosphatase

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of several enzymes that hydrolyze phosphate esters, and are important in the metabolism of carbohydrates, nucleotides and phospholipids, and in the formation of bone.

Word forms

phosphatase phosphatases

Etymology

From phosphate + -ase.

Related words

kinase

Derived words

alkaline phosphatase antiphosphatase autophosphatase bisphosphatase dephosphatase ectophosphatase exophosphatase holophosphatase metallophosphatase monophosphatase nitrophenylphosphatase organophosphatase phosphatome polyphosphatase prostatic acid phosphatase pseudophosphatase
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