Etymology

nucleotidyltransferase

Today it means: Any enzyme that transfers nucleotide residues Full definition →

English transferase ← Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
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  1. Englishnucleotide
  2. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  3. Englishtransferase
  4. English todaynucleotidyltransferase

From nucleotide + -yl + transferase.

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