transaminase
/tɹænzˈæmɪneɪz/noun
transaminase is a noun meaning “Any of a group of enzymes that catalyze transamination” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled T-R-A-N-S-A-M-I-N-A-S-E, and it appears about once in every 11 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of transaminase is transaminases.
What does transaminase mean?
noun
- 1
Any of a group of enzymes that catalyze transamination.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce transaminase?
- /tɹænzˈæmɪneɪz/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of transaminase
- transaminases plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is transaminase?
Transaminase appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 101,613th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Transaminase in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense biochemistry: any of a group of enzymes that catalyze transamination:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | transaminase |
| Spanish | aminotransferasa, transaminasa |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does transaminase come from?
From transamination + -ase.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).