triphosphohydrolase

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English

Etymology

From tri- +‎ phospho- +‎ hydrolase.

Noun

triphosphohydrolase (plural triphosphohydrolases)

  1. (biochemistry) Any hydrolase that catalyses the hydrolysis of triphosphates
    • 2015 October 24, “The Frequency of Cytidine Editing of Viral DNA Is Differentially Influenced by Vpx and Nucleosides during HIV-1 or SIV MAC Infection of Dendritic Cells”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
      A key player of this restriction is the sterile alpha motif-hydroxylase domain 1 protein (SAMHD1, [6 ,7 ,14 ], a dGTP-dependent deoxynucleotide triphosphohydrolase that maintains dNTPs at concentrations that are limiting for efficient reverse transcription [5 ,16 ,17 ,18 ,19 ,20 ]).