transaminase
[ trans-am-uh-neys, -neyz, tranz- ]
nounBiochemistry.
any of a class of enzymes, occurring in most plant and animal tissue, that cause transamination.
Origin of transaminase
1First recorded in 1940–45; transamin(ation) + -ase
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British Dictionary definitions for transaminase
transaminase
/ (trænzˈæmɪˌneɪz, -ˌneɪs) /
noun
biochem an enzyme that catalyses the transfer of an amino group from one molecule, esp an amino acid, to another, esp a keto acid, in the process of transamination
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