transferase

IPA: trænsfˈɝʌs

(biochemistry) Any of various enzymes that catalyze the transfer of a functional group, such as amine or phosphate from one molecule to another.

Examples of "transferase" in Sentences

Identification of a specific telomere terminal transferase activity in Tetrahymena extracts.
N-acetyl transferase genotypes in relation to risk of developing systemic lupus erythematosus.
Determination of glutathione S-transferase me and theta polymorphisms in neurological disease.
The reaction is catalyzed by Arg tRNA-protein transferase, a known protein with an hitherto unknown function.
Glutathione s-transferase polymorphism, metallothionein expression, and mercury levels among students in Austria.
Glutathione S-transferase P1 and T1 gene polymorphisms predict longitudinal course and age at onset of Alzheimer's disease.
Glutathione S-transferase P1 * C allelic variant increases susceptibility for late-onset Alzheimer's disease: Association study and relationship with Apolipoprotein E4 allele.
Ensuing discoveries of other natural catalytic RNAs that could cleave and ligate phosphodiester bonds, and the very recent observation that the region surrounding the peptidyl transferase center of a bacterial