translocase
noun
translocase is a noun meaning “An enzyme that assists in moving another molecule, usually across a membrane” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled T-R-A-N-S-L-O-C-A-S-E, and it appears about once in every 71 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of translocase is translocases.
What does translocase mean?
noun
- 1
An enzyme that assists in moving another molecule, usually across a membrane.
- 2
The protein now called elongation factor G.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of translocase
- translocases plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is translocase?
Translocase appears about once in every 71 million words in written English, the 265,644th 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).
Where does translocase come from?
Blend of translocate + -ase.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).