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- Englishtriphosphate
- Ancient Greekδῐῐ̈́στημῐ (dĭĭ̈́stēmĭ)
- Ancient Greekδῐᾰ́στᾰσῐς (dĭắstăsĭs)
- Englishdiastase
- English todaytriphosphatase
From triphosphate + -ase.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
triphosphatase
Today it means: An enzyme that catalyzes the breakdown of triphosphate into a phosphate and a diphosphate through the addition of a water molecule Full definition →
English diastase ← Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́στᾰσῐς (dĭắstăsĭs)