transmethylase

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noun

An enzyme that catalyses transmethylation.

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Meanings

nountransmethylase (plural transmethylases)

plural transmethylases

  1. biochemistryAn enzyme that catalyses transmethylation.

    Although the dimethylthetin transmethylase can be prepared free from the betaine transmethylase by further alcohol fractionation, all active betaine transmethylase preparations have had dimethylthetin transmethylase activity.

    1948, JW Dubnoff, H Borsook, “Dimethylthetin and dimethyl-β-propriothetin in methionine synthesis”, in Journal of Biological Chemistry
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