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Phosphatase vs Bisphosphatase - What's the difference?

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Phosphatase is a related term of bisphosphatase.


As nouns the difference between phosphatase and bisphosphatase

is that phosphatase is phosphatase while bisphosphatase is (enzyme) an enzyme that converts a bisphosphate to a monophosphate compound by dephosphorylation.

phosphatase

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (enzyme) Any of several enzymes that hydrolyze phosphate esters, and are important in the metabolism of carbohydrates, nucleotides and phospholipids, and in the formation of bone.

    • See also

    * kinase

    External links

    * (wikipedia "phosphatase")

    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)