phosphomonoesterase
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From phospho- + monoester + -ase.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌfɑsfoʊˌmɑnoʊˈɛstəˌɹeɪs/
Noun
phosphomonoesterase (countable and uncountable, plural phosphomonoesterases)
- (biochemistry) A phosphoric monoester hydrolase; an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of O-P bonds by nucleophilic attack of phosphorus by cysteine residues or coordinated metal ions.
- 1955, John B. Wolff, Nathan O. Kaplan, “d-Mannitol 1-Phosphate Dehydrogenase from Escherichia Coli”, in The Journal of General Physiology, page 850:
- Dr. L. Shuster kindly furnished samples of prostatic acid phosphomonoesterase prepared according to the procedure of Markham and Smith.
- 1965, Findlay E. Russell, “Venomous Animals and Their Toxins”, in Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution: Showing the Operations, Expenditures, and Condition of the Institution for the Year Ended June 30 1964, pages 479–80:
- The venoms of snakes […] contain many enzymes, some of which, such as the proteases, phosphomonoesterase, phosphodiesterase, L–amino acid oxidase, 5-nucleotidase, cholinesterase, ribonuclease, desoxyribonuclease, ATPase, DNPase, and hyaluronidase are being used by the biochemist, pharmacologist, and physician.
- 1976, D. B. Gelman, D. K. Hayes, M. S. Schechter, “Ammonium Sulfate Activation of Phosphodiesterase in Homogenates of Larvae of the European Corn Borer”, in Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine, volume 152, page 170:
- We first noted activation by high concentrations of ammonium sulfate […] when we attempted to purify cyclic adenosine monophosphatase (c-AMP-ase), phosphomonoesterase, and phosphodiesterase by the method of Robison.