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Bisphosphate vs Bisphosphatase - What's the difference?

bisphosphate | bisphosphatase |

As nouns the difference between bisphosphate and bisphosphatase

is that bisphosphate is (organic chemistry) a diphosphate, especially a compound with two phosphate groups attached to a sugar residue while bisphosphatase is (enzyme) an enzyme that converts a bisphosphate to a monophosphate compound by dephosphorylation.

bisphosphate

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) A diphosphate, especially a compound with two phosphate groups attached to a sugar residue

    • Anagrams

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    bisphosphatase

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (enzyme) An enzyme that converts a bisphosphate to a monophosphate compound by dephosphorylation
    • an inositol bisphosphatase

    Related terms

    * phosphatase

    See also

    * kinase * (Fructose bisphosphatase)