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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
mutase
 
SYLLABICATION:mu·tase
PRONUNCIATION:  myts, -tz
NOUN: An enzyme that catalyzes the shifting of a chemical group from one position to another within the same molecule.
ETYMOLOGY:Latin mtre, to change, move; see mutate + –ase.
 
 
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