Etymology

phosphotransferase

Today it means: Any enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of a phosphate group (phosphorylation) Full definition →

English transferase ← Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́στᾰσῐς (dĭắstăsĭs) ← Proto-Hellenic *hístāmi
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰéh₂os
  3. Proto-Hellenic*pʰáwos
  4. Ancient Greekφᾰ́ος (phắos)
  5. Ancient Greekφῶς (phôs)
  6. Proto-Indo-European*bʰer-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*bʰéreti
  8. Proto-Hellenic*pʰérō
  9. Ancient Greekφέρω (phérō)
  10. Ancient Greekφωσφόρος (phōsphóros)
  11. Latinphōsphorus
  12. Englishphosphorus
  13. Englishphospho-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*terh₂-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*térh₂t
  16. Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂ónts
  17. Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂n̥ts
  18. Proto-Italic*trāns
  19. Proto-Italic*trāns-
  20. Latintrāns-
  21. Proto-Indo-European*bʰéreti
  22. Proto-Italic*ferō
  23. Latinferō
  24. Latintrānsferō
  25. Englishtransfer
  26. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  27. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  28. Proto-Indo-European*dwís
  29. Ancient Greekδιά (diá)
  30. Ancient Greekδῐᾰ- (dĭă-)
  31. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  32. Proto-Indo-European*stísteh₂ti
  33. Proto-Hellenic*hístāmi
  34. Ancient Greekῐ̔́στημῐ (hĭ́stēmĭ)
  35. Ancient Greekδῐῐ̈́στημῐ (dĭĭ̈́stēmĭ)
  36. Ancient Greekδῐᾰ́στᾰσῐς (dĭắstăsĭs)
  37. Englishdiastase
  38. Englishtransferase
  39. English todayphosphotransferase

From phospho- + transferase.

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