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scramblase

noun

Etymology

From scramble + -ase.

  1. derived from schramm
  2. derived from schrammen — “to scratch, scrape”
  3. derived from schrammen — “to graze, scratch”
  4. formed as scramble — “scramb + -le”
  5. suffixed as scramblase — “scramble + ase”

Definitions

  1. Any of a group of enzymes that aid the translocation of phospholipids across cell…

    Any of a group of enzymes that aid the translocation of phospholipids across cell membranes.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for scramblase. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA