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Meaning of phosphatidyltransferase | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

An enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of a phosphatidyl group from one molecule to another, involved in lipid metabolism and cell membrane synthesis.

countable, uncountable

Examples

“Steps that follow the formation of archaeal phospholipids are the activation of CDP-archaeol by CarS […] and head group modification by enzymes of the CPD-alcohol phosphatidyltransferases and by enzymes that are homologues of their bacterial counterparts.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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