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Hydrolase vs Triphosphatase - What's the difference?

hydrolase | triphosphatase | Hypernyms |

Triphosphatase is a hypernym of hydrolase.



As nouns the difference between hydrolase and triphosphatase

is that hydrolase is an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a substrate while triphosphatase is an enzyme that catalyzes the breakdown of triphosphate into a phosphate and a diphosphate through the addition of a water molecule.

hydrolase

English

(wikipedia hydrolase)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (enzyme) An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a substrate.

    • 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")