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Racemase vs Racemate - What's the difference?

racemase | racemate |

As nouns the difference between racemase and racemate

is that racemase is (enzyme) any enzyme that catalyzes the stereochemical inversion of the configuration about an asymmetric carbon atom in a substrate having only one center of asymmetry while racemate is (chemistry) a racemic mixture.

racemase

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (enzyme) Any enzyme that catalyzes the stereochemical inversion of the configuration about an asymmetric carbon atom in a substrate having only one center of asymmetry.

    • See also

    * epimerase

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    racemate

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chemistry) a racemic mixture
  • (chemistry) any salt or ester of racemic acid

    • Derived terms

    * quasiracemate

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