sulfatase

[suhl-fuh-teys, -teyz]

noun

Biochemistry.

1. any of a class of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of sulfuric acid esters.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sulfatase¹

< German Sulfatase (1924); sulfate, -ase

Example Sentences

Doctors found Willow’s body does not create sulfatase enzymes, which prevents her system from breaking down and recycling natural cellular waste.

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But some conference first-timers were skeptical about the motivations: “What I’m seeing just doesn’t feel right,” said Aaron Motschenbacher, who participated because his three young children suffer from deadly and progressive multiple sulfatase deficiency, a rare hereditary metabolic disorder.

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