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Triphosphate vs Triphosphatase - What's the difference?

triphosphate | triphosphatase |

As nouns the difference between triphosphate and triphosphatase

is that triphosphate 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.

triphosphate

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (chemistry) Any salt or ester containing three phosphate groups.
  • (chemistry) Any salt or ester of triphosphoric acid.

    • 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")