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ribozyme en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɹaɪbə(ʊ)ˌzaɪm/

Etymology

Blend of ribonucleic acid + enzyme.

Meanings

  1. A fragment of RNA that can act as an enzyme.

Forms

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Coordinates

enzyme

Deriveds

leadzyme · ribozymology · hammerhead ribozyme · metalloribozyme

Hypernyms

enzyme · biocatalyst

Translations (6)

ru рибози́м (enzyme-like RNA fragment) · cmn 核酶 (enzyme-like RNA fragment) · es ribozima (enzyme-like RNA fragment) · it ribozima (enzyme-like RNA fragment) · pl rybozym (enzyme-like RNA fragment) · fr ribozyme (enzyme-like RNA fragment)