TRANSFERASE Definition & Meaning

transferase

[ trans-fuh-reys, -reyz ]

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noun

Biochemistry.

any of the class of enzymes, as the transaminases that catalyze the transfer of an organic group from one compound to another.

transferase

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any enzyme that catalyses the transfer of a chemical group from one substance to another

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Origin of transferase¹

First recorded in 1945–50; transfer + -ase

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All RAS proteins have a fatty tail, created by an enzyme called farnesyl transferase, with which they latch on to the cancer cell membrane.

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So the idea was to hobble Ras activity by finding drugs that inhibit farnesyl transferase.

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Arcadia Biosciences, based in Davis, California, has taken a gene for an enzyme called alanine aminotransferase from barley and incorporated it into other crops to encourage them to absorb nitrogen before microbes do.

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Antabuse may do that by blocking an enzyme called methyl transferase, or DNMT, that helps HIV go to sleep in cells, The Alfred’s Cameron said.

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RAS proteins, it turns out, contain an enzyme that can create a new fatty tail if farnesyl transferase isn’t functioning.

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transferal transfer characteristic

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