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pyrophosphatase

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pyrophosphatase /py·ro·phos·pha·tase/ (-fos´fah-tās) any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a pyrophosphate bond, cleaving between the two phosphate groups.
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.
pyrophosphatase [pi″ro-fos´fah-tās]
any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of central pyrophosphate linkages.
pyrophosphatase (pir´ōfos´ftās´),
n an enzyme that cleaves an inorganic pyrophosphate from adenosyl triphosphate, leaving adenosine monophosphate.
pyrophosphatase
any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of central pyrophosphate linkages.
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