Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Any of various enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of ATP, causing the release of phosphate and energy.

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  • noun biochemistry Any of a family of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of ATP, releasing phosphate and available energy

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[a(denosine) + pyr(o)– + (phosphat)ase.]

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Examples

  • Plasmodium travels to the salivary glands, homing in on a lobe that is responsible for making the anticoagulant molecule apyrase.

    Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009

  • One of them, apyrase, cuts apart the glue made by the platelets; other chemicals widen blood vessels to bring in more blood.

    Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009

  • Plasmodium travels to the salivary glands, homing in on a lobe that is responsible for making the anticoagulant molecule apyrase.

    Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009

  • One of them, apyrase, cuts apart the glue made by the platelets; other chemicals widen blood vessels to bring in more blood.

    Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009

  • Plasmodium travels to the salivary glands, homing in on a lobe that is responsible for making the anticoagulant molecule apyrase.

    Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009

  • One of them, apyrase, cuts apart the glue made by the platelets; other chemicals widen blood vessels to bring in more blood.

    Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009

  • There it proceeds to cut off the mosquito’s apyrase supply, so that when the insect drives its proboscis into a new host, it has a harder time keeping the blood flowing.

    Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009

  • There it proceeds to cut off the mosquito’s apyrase supply, so that when the insect drives its proboscis into a new host, it has a harder time keeping the blood flowing.

    Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009

  • There it proceeds to cut off the mosquito’s apyrase supply, so that when the insect drives its proboscis into a new host, it has a harder time keeping the blood flowing.

    Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009

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