pyrophosphatase

pyrophosphatase /py·ro·phos·pha·tase/ (-fos´fah-tas) any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a pyrophosphate bond, cleaving between the two phosphate groups.

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py·ro·phos·pha·tase (pr-fsf-ts, -tz)

n.

Any of various enzymes that selectively cleave a pyrophosphate situated between two phosphoric groups, leaving one phosphoric group on each of the two fragments.

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pyrophosphatase (pir´ōfos´ftās´),

n an enzyme that cleaves an inorganic pyrophosphate from adenosyl triphosphate, leaving adenosine monophosphate.

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pyrophosphatase

any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of central pyrophosphate linkages.