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megasynthase en · NOUN

Etymology

From mega- + synthase.

Meanings

  1. A large, complex synthase (that produces a specific natural product as if on an assembly line)
    • A long, multi-domain olefin megasynthase was translationally coupled to a reporter protein or antibiotic resistance marker as a way to monitor and improve its translation elongation via synonymous codon mutations ( 34 ). 2015 June 27, Tian Tian, Howard M. Salis, “A predictive biophysical model of translational coupling to coordinate and control protein expression in bacterial operons”, in Nucleic Acids Research, volume 43, →DOI:

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