isopentenyltransferase

noun

Any transferase that catalyses the transfer of an isopentenyl group

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Meanings

nounisopentenyltransferase (plural isopentenyltransferases)

plural isopentenyltransferases

  1. biochemistryAny transferase that catalyses the transfer of an isopentenyl group

    The rate-limiting step for cytokinin biosynthesis involves a group of isopentenyltransferase (IPT) enzymes.

    2015 April 23, Simon Moore et al., “Spatiotemporal modelling of hormonal crosstalk explains the level and patterning of hormones and gene expression in Arabidopsis thaliana wild-type and mutant roots”, in The New Phytologist, volume 207, →DOI

Origin

From isopentenyl + transferase.

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