noun
- enzymes that catalyze the transfer of a chemical group from one molecule to another
Usage: biochemistry; plural form
Examples
- Transferases play crucial roles in metabolic pathways.
- The lab studied various transferases involved in protein synthesis.
- Aminotransferases are important transferases in amino acid metabolism.
- These transferases help move phosphate groups between molecules.
- Scientists identified new transferases in the cellular process.
- The enzyme belongs to the transferase family of proteins.