thymidylyltransferase

noun

Any transferase that transfers a thymidylyl or thymidyl group.

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Meanings

nounthymidylyltransferase (plural thymidylyltransferases)

plural thymidylyltransferases

  1. biochemistryAny transferase that transfers a thymidylyl or thymidyl group.

    There are four genes, rmlB (dTDP-glucose 4, 6-dehydratase), rmlD (dTDP-4-dehydrorhamnose reductase), rmlA (glucose-1-phosphate thymidylyltransferase), and rmlC (dTDP-4-dehydrorhamnose 3,5-epimerase) that are involved in the biosynthesis of dTDP-L-rhamnose.

    2016 January 30, “Comparison of O-Antigen Gene Clusters of All O-Serogroups of Escherichia coli and Proposal for Adopting a New Nomenclature for O-Typing”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From thymidylyl + transferase.

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