different between acetyl vs transacetylase

English

Etymology

From Latin ac?tum (“vinegar”) + Ancient Greek ??? (húl?, “substance”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??si?ta?l/, /??si?t?l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?æs?t?l/, /??si?t?l/

Noun

acetyl (plural acetyls)

1. (organic chemistry) The univalent radical CH₃CO- derived from acetic acid.

Derived terms

Translations

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

acet- +? -yl, first part from Latin ac?tum (“vinegar”), from ace? (“to be sour”), from Proto-Italic *ak?? (“be sharp-tasting, be sour”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?e?-éh?-ye-ti, from *h?e?- (“sharp”). Last part is a new formation from Ancient Greek ??? (húl?, “wood, material”), from Proto-Indo-European *swel-, *sel- (“firewood, wood, beam”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /as??ty?l/
• Rhymes: -y?l
• Hyphenation: a?ce?tyl

Noun

acetyl n (definite singular acetylet, indefinite plural acetyl, definite plural acetyla or acetylene)

1. (organic chemistry) acetyl (the univalent radical CH₃CO- derived from acetic acid)

References

• “acetyl” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “acetyl” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “acetyl” in Store norske leksikon

Anagrams

• acylet

Swedish

Noun

acetyl c

1. an acetyl

Declension

English

Etymology

trans- +? acetyl +? -ase

Noun

transacetylase (plural transacetylases)

1. (biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of an acetyl group from one molecule to another. It is produced by the ‘a’ structural gene of the lac operon.

Synonyms

• acetyltransferase

Translations

See also

• coenzyme A

Anagrams

• scaly anteaters