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mutase
[mu´tās]any of 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
(myū'tās),Any enzyme that catalyzes the apparent migration of groups within one molecule, for example, phosphoglycerate phosphomutase; sometimes the transfer is from one molecule to another, for example, phosphoglucomutase, phosphoglyceromutase (both phosphotransferases).
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mutase
(myo͞o′tās, -tāz)n.
An enzyme that catalyzes the shifting of a chemical group from one position to another within the same molecule.
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mu·tase
(myū'tās)Any enzyme that catalyzes the apparent migration of groups within one molecule; sometimes the transfer is from one molecule to another.
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