Medical term:

pyrophosphatase


pyrophosphatase

 [pi″ro-fos´fah-tās]
any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of central pyrophosphate linkages.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

py·ro·phos·pha·tase

(pī'rō-fos'fă-tās),
Any enzyme catalyzing the hydrolysis of a pyrophosphate bond between two phosphoric groups, leaving one on each of the two fragments, for example, inorganic pyrophosphatase, NAD+ p. (cleaves NAD, etc., to mononucleotides), ATP pyrophosphatase (cleaves inorganic pyrophosphate from ATP, leaving AMP).
See also: flavin adenine dinucleotide.
Synonym(s): diphosphatase
Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

py·ro·phos·pha·tase

(pī'rō-fos'fă-tās)
Any enzyme cleaving a pyrophosphate bond between two phosphoric groups, leaving one on each of the two fragments.
Synonym(s): diphosphatase.
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

py·ro·phos·pha·tase

(pī'rō-fos'fă-tās)
Any enzyme cleaving a pyrophosphate bond between two phosphoric groups.
Synonym(s): diphosphatase.
Medical Dictionary for the Dental Professions © Farlex 2012

pyrophosphatase

 [pi″ro-fos´fah-tās]
any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of central pyrophosphate linkages.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

py·ro·phos·pha·tase

(pī'rō-fos'fă-tās),
Any enzyme catalyzing the hydrolysis of a pyrophosphate bond between two phosphoric groups, leaving one on each of the two fragments, for example, inorganic pyrophosphatase, NAD+ p. (cleaves NAD, etc., to mononucleotides), ATP pyrophosphatase (cleaves inorganic pyrophosphate from ATP, leaving AMP).
See also: flavin adenine dinucleotide.
Synonym(s): diphosphatase
Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

py·ro·phos·pha·tase

(pī'rō-fos'fă-tās)
Any enzyme cleaving a pyrophosphate bond between two phosphoric groups, leaving one on each of the two fragments.
Synonym(s): diphosphatase.
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

py·ro·phos·pha·tase

(pī'rō-fos'fă-tās)
Any enzyme cleaving a pyrophosphate bond between two phosphoric groups.
Synonym(s): diphosphatase.
Medical Dictionary for the Dental Professions © Farlex 2012

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