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Diphosphate vs Triphosphatase - What's the difference?

diphosphate | triphosphatase |

As nouns the difference between diphosphate and triphosphatase

is that diphosphate is while triphosphatase is (biochemistry) an enzyme that catalyzes the breakdown of triphosphate into a phosphate and a diphosphate through the addition of a water molecule.

diphosphate

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (chemistry) any salt or ester containing two phosphate groups
  • (chemistry) any salt or ester of diphosphoric acid; pyrophosphate

    • Anagrams

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    triphosphatase

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyzes the breakdown of triphosphate into a phosphate and a diphosphate through the addition of a water molecule

    • Hypernyms

    *hydrolase *enzyme *protein

    See also

    *(wikipedia "triphosphatase")