Etymology

epimerase

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Today it means: Any enzyme that catalyzes the stereochemical inversion of the configuration about an asymmetric carbon atom in a substrate having more than one center of asymmetry. Full definition →

English diastase ← Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́στᾰσῐς (dĭắstăsĭs)
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  1. Englishepi-
  2. Englishepimer
  3. Ancient Greekδῐῐ̈́στημῐ (dĭĭ̈́stēmĭ)
  4. Ancient Greekδῐᾰ́στᾰσῐς (dĭắstăsĭs)
  5. Englishdiastase
  6. English todayepimerase

From epimer + -ase.

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