| 释义 |
synthetase Biochem.|ˈsɪnθəteɪz|
[f. synthetic a. + -ase.]
= ligase; also, a synthase.
1947Cohen & McGilvery in Jrnl. Biol. Chem. CLXXI. 132 We wish to suggest the term ‘synthetase’ for those enzymes creating a new molecule by the elimination of water between two substrate molecules, excluding the formation of phosphote esters and anhydrides. 1961[see ligase]. 1961[see synthase]. 1972Nature 15 Dec. 377/1 Aspirin and aspirin-like drugs inhibit..the synthetase which synthesizes prostaglandins from the unsaturated fatty acid, arachidonic acid. 1979Sci. Amer. May 78/2 Interferon also induces the manufacture of a second enzyme, a synthetase that catalyzes the polymerization of adenine nucleotides into a long chain of adenine units called 2,5-oligoadenylic acid. |