synthase

English

Noun

synthase (plural synthases)

1. (biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the synthesis of a biological compound but, unlike synthetases, does not make use of ATP as a source of energy

Derived terms

• alkylglycerone phosphate synthase
• ketosynthase
• lumazine synthase
• megasynthase
• phosphoribosylaminoimidazolesuccinocarboxamide synthase
• tryptophan synthase
• vetispiradiene synthase

 

Translations

any enzyme that catalyzes the synthesis of a biological compound, but does not make use of ATP as a source of energy

• Finnish: syntaasi
• Italian: sintasi (it) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Spanish: sintasa f

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