apyrase

[ ap-uh-reys, -reyz ]

nounBiochemistry.
  1. a relatively nonspecific ATPase occurring in plants and molds.

Origin of apyrase

1
1940–45; a(denyl)pyr(ophosphat)ase;see adenosine triphosphatase

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