mutase

mutase /mu·tase/ (mu´tās) a group of enzymes (transferases) that catalyze the intramolecular shifting of a chemical group from one position to another.

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mu·tase (myts, -tz)

n.

Any enzyme that catalyzes the rearrangement of atoms within a molecule, especially one that causes the transfer of a phosphate group from one carbon atom to another.

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mutase

[myo̅o̅′tās]

any enzyme that catalyzes the shifting of a chemical group or radical from one position to another within the same molecule or occasionally from one molecule to another.

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mutase

any of a group of enzymes (transferases) that catalyze the intramolecular shifting of a chemical group from one position to another.