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Definition of Phosphatase

1. Noun. Any of a group of enzymes that act as a catalyst in the hydrolysis of organic phosphates.

Definition of Phosphatase

1. 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. ¹

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Definition of Phosphatase

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Phosphatase

1. That hydrolyse phosphomonoesters. Acid phosphatases are specific for the single charged phosphate group and alkaline phosphatases for the double charged group. These specificities do not overlap. The phosphatases comprise a very wide range of enzymes including broad and narrow specificity members. Phosphoprotein phosphatases specifically de phosphorylate a particular protein and are essential if phosphorylation is to be used as a reversible control system. (31 Dec 1997)

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Literary usage of Phosphatase

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"Pancreatic Secretory Isoenzyme of Alkaline phosphatase (40312) WALTER P. DYCK,1 AM ... Temple, Texas 76501 Alkaline phosphatase exists in a wide variety of ..."

2. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1888)
"The observations made were the serum bilirubin and serum alkaline phosphatase levels, an examination of fixed liver biopsy material stained for general ..."

3. Molecular Neurobiology: Proceedings of the 2nd NIMH Conference by Steven Zalcman (1995)
"Enzymatic assays were performed, confirming tyrosine phosphatase activity of a STEP-fusion protein. A similar fusion protein was made in which a single ..."

4. Oxygen/Nitrogen Radicals and Cellular Injury edited by Kenneth B. Adler, Robert D. Devlin, Val Vallyathan (2000)
"by a protein-tyrosine phosphatase stimulated by GTP and reconstituted by G ... Regulation of T cell receptor signaling by tryosine phosphatase SYP ..."

5. Application of Pcr Technology to Plant Breeding by Andrew Kalinski (1995)
"Amplification results were evaluated by dot-blot hybridization using an alkaline-phosphatase-coupled probe. The technique's speed, accuracy sensitivity and ..."

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