different between enzyme vs demethylase
enzyme
English
Etymology
From German Enzym, coined 1878 by the German physiologist Wilhelm Kühne from Ancient Greek ?? (en, “in”) +? ???? (zúm?, “sourdough”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??n.za?m/
- Rhymes: -a?m
- Hyphenation: en?zyme
Noun
enzyme (countable and uncountable, plural enzymes)
- (biochemistry) A globular protein that catalyses a biological chemical reaction.
- (Christianity) leavened bread, as opposed to azyme
Derived terms
Translations
Further reading
- enzyme on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
French
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ?? (en, “in”) +? ???? (zúm?, “sourdough”)
Noun
enzyme m or f (plural enzymes)
- (biochemistry) enzyme
Verb
enzyme
- first-person singular present indicative of enzymer
- third-person singular present indicative of enzymer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of enzymer
- third-person singular present subjunctive of enzymer
- second-person singular imperative of enzymer
Further reading
- “enzyme” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
enzyme From the web:
- what enzyme breaks down protein
- what enzymes are involved in dna replication
- what enzyme unzips dna
- what enzyme breaks down carbohydrates
- what enzyme unwinds dna
- what enzyme breaks down starch
- what enzyme breaks down lactose
- what enzyme breaks down fat
demethylase
English
Etymology
de- +? methyl +? -ase
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /di??m???le?z/
Noun
demethylase (plural demethylases)
- (biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the removal of a methyl group from a compound
demethylase From the web:
- what does histone demethylase do
- what is histone demethylase
- 14 alpha-demethylase
- histone demethylase function
- what does a histone do
- what is the purpose of a histone
- what does histone 1 do
Share
Tweet
+1
Share
Pin
Like
Send
Share