# transferase
## English
### Etymology

From transfer +‎ -ase.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

transferase (plural transferases)
* (biochemistry) Any of various enzymes that catalyze the transfer of a functional group, such as amine or phosphate from one molecule to another.

#### Derived terms

* abequosyltransferase
* acetylgalactosaminylphosphotransferase
* acetylgalactosaminyltransferase
* acetylglucosaminephosphotransferase
* acetylglucosaminyltransferase
* acetylmannosaminyltransferase
* acetyltransferase
* acyltransferase
* adenosyltransferase
* adenyltransferase
* adenylyltransferase
* alkyltransferase
* amidinotransferase
* amidophosphoribosyltransferase
* amidotransferase
* aminoacyltransferase
* aminomethyltransferase
* aminotransferase
* arabinofuranosyltransferase
* arabinosyltransferase
* arginyltransferase
* arylsulfotransferase
* arylsulphotransferase
* benzoyltransferase
* butyryltransferase
* caffeoyltransferase
* carbamoyltransferase
* carbamyltransferase
* carboxyl methyltransferase
* carboxylmethyltransferase
* carboxyltransferase
* carboxymethyltransferase
* carboxytransferase
* cholinephosphotransferase
* cyclotransferase
* cytidyltransferase
* cytidylyltransferase
* deacetyltransferase
* deoxycytidyltransferase
* deoxynucleotidylexotransferase
* deoxynucleotidyltransferase
* deoxyribosyltransferase
* deoxytransferase
* dimethylallyltranstransferase
* dimethyltransferase
* diphosphotransferase
* ethanolaminephosphotransferase
* exotransferase
* farnesyltransferase
* farnesyltranstransferase
* feruloyltransferase
* formiminotransferase
* formyltransferase
* fructosyltransferase
* fructotransferase
* fucosyltransferase
* galactosyltransferase
* galacturonosyltransferase
* geranylgeranyltransferase
* geranyltransferase
* glucanosyltransferase
* glucanotransferase
* glucoronyltransferase
* glucosyltransferase
* glucotransferase
* glucuronosyltransferase
* glucuronyltransferase
* glutamyltransferase
* glycerophosphotransferase
* glycosyltransferase
* glycotransferase
* guanosyltransferase
* guanyltransferase
* guanylyltransferase
* heptosyltransferase
* hexosyltransferase
* hydroxycinnamoyltransferase
* hydroxymethyltransferase
* isopentenyltransferase
* leucyltransferase
* lipoyltransferase
* malonyltransferase
* maltosyltransferase
* mannosylphosphoryltransferase
* mannosyltransferase
* methyltransferase
* monomethyltransferase
* mycolyltransferase
* mycoyltransferase
* myristoyltransferase
* nucleotidylexotransferase
* nucleotidyltransferase
* octanoyltransferase
* oligoprenyltransferase
* oligosaccharyltransferase
* ornithine carbamoyltransferase
* palmitotransferase
* palmitoyltransferase
* pentosyltransferase
* peptidyltransferase
* peptidyl transferase
* phosphate acetyltransferase
* phosphofructotransferase
* phosphoribosylaminoimidazolecarboxamide formyltransferase
* phosphoribosyltransferase
* phosphoryltransferase
* phosphotransferase
* phytyltransferase
* polysialyltransferase
* prenyltransferase
* pyrophosphotransferase
* rhamnosyltransferase
* ribosyltransferase
* ribotransferase
* sialyltransferase
* succinyltransferase
* sulfotransferase
* sulfurtransferase
* sulphotransferase
* sulphurtransferase
* terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase
* thioltransferase
* thymidylyltransferase
* trimethyltransferase
* uridyltransferase
* uridylyltransferase
* xylosyltransferase