noun
- an enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of a functional group from one position to another within the same molecule
Usage: biochemistry
Examples
- Phosphoglycerate mutase is essential for glycolysis.
- The mutase enzyme rearranged the molecular structure.
- Scientists studied the mutase’s role in cellular metabolism.
- This mutase converts one isomer to another.
- The mutase deficiency caused metabolic problems.
- Researchers isolated the mutase from bacterial cells.