AMINOPHERASE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does aminopherase mean? 

• AMINOPHERASE (noun)
  The noun AMINOPHERASE has 1 sense:

1. a class of transferases that catalyze transamination (that transfer an amino group from an amino acid to another compound)

  Familiarity information: AMINOPHERASE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AMINOPHERASE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A class of transferases that catalyze transamination (that transfer an amino group from an amino acid to another compound)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

aminopherase; aminotransferase; transaminase

Hypernyms ("aminopherase" is a kind of...):

transferase (any of various enzymes that move a chemical group from one compound to another compound)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "aminopherase"):

glutamic oxalacetic transaminase; glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (an enzyme involved in transamination)