Definitions

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

  • noun Any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the synthesis of a compound.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun biochemistry Any ligase that synthesizes biological compounds using ATP as a source of energy

Etymologies

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

[synthet(ic) + –ase.]

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

From synthesis + -ase

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word synthetase.

Examples

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.

  • An enzyme, a synthase. Also, a ligase.

    September 25, 2008