transferase

noun

transferase

noun

Etymology From transfer + -ase.

1

Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Microbiology, Natural sciences, Physical sciences Any of various enzymes that catalyze the transfer of a functional group, such as amine or phosphate from one molecule to another.

Derived terms
132 termsabequosyltransferase, acetylgalactosaminylphosphotransferase, acetylgalactosaminyltransferase, acetylglucosaminephosphotransferase, acetylglucosaminyltransferase, acetylmannosaminyltransferase, acetyltransferase, acyltransferase, adenosyltransferase, adenyltransferase, adenylyltransferase, alkyltransferase, amidinotransferase, amidophosphoribosyltransferase, amidotransferase, aminoacyltransferase, aminomethyltransferase, aminotransferase, arabinofuranosyltransferase, arabinosyltransferase, arginyltransferase, arylsulfotransferase, arylsulphotransferase, benzoyltransferase, biotransferase, butyryltransferase, caffeoyltransferase, carbamoyltransferase, carbamyltransferase, carboxyl methyltransferase, carboxylmethyltransferase, carboxyltransferase, carboxymethyltransferase, carboxytransferase, cholinephosphotransferase, cyclotransferase, cytidyltransferase, cytidylyltransferase, deacetyltransferase, deoxycytidyltransferase, deoxynucleotidylexotransferase, deoxynucleotidyltransferase, deoxyribosyltransferase, deoxytransferase, dimethylallyltranstransferase, dimethyltransferase, diphosphotransferase, ethanolaminephosphotransferase, exotransferase, farnesyltransferase, farnesyltranstransferase, feruloyltransferase, formiminotransferase, formyltransferase, fructosyltransferase, fructotransferase, fucosyltransferase, galactosyltransferase, galacturonosyltransferase, geranylgeranyltransferase, geranyltransferase, glucanosyltransferase, glucanotransferase, glucoronyltransferase, glucosyltransferase, glucotransferase, glucuronosyltransferase, glucuronyltransferase, glutamyltransferase, glycerophosphotransferase, glycosyltransferase, glycotransferase, guanosyltransferase, guanyltransferase, guanylyltransferase, heptosyltransferase, hexosyltransferase, hydroxycinnamoyltransferase, hydroxymethyltransferase, isopentenyltransferase, leucyltransferase, lipoyltransferase, malonyltransferase, maltosyltransferase, mannosylphosphoryltransferase, mannosyltransferase, metallotransferase, methyltransferase, monomethyltransferase, mycolyltransferase, mycoyltransferase, myristoyltransferase, nucleotidylexotransferase, nucleotidyltransferase, octanoyltransferase, oligoprenyltransferase, oligosaccharyltransferase, ornithine carbamoyltransferase, palmitotransferase, palmitoyltransferase, pentosyltransferase, peptidyltransferase, peptidyl transferase, phosphate acetyltransferase, phosphatidyltransferase, phosphofructotransferase, phosphoribosylaminoimidazolecarboxamide formyltransferase, phosphoribosyltransferase, phosphoryltransferase, phosphotransferase, phototransferase, phytyltransferase, polysialyltransferase, prenyltransferase, pyrophosphotransferase, rhamnosyltransferase, ribosyltransferase, ribotransferase, sialyltransferase, succinyltransferase, sulfotransferase, sulfurtransferase, sulphotransferase, sulphurtransferase, terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase, thioltransferase, thymidylyltransferase, trimethyltransferase, uridyltransferase, uridylyltransferase, xylosyltransferase, xylotransferase

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