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Any of a group of enzymes that act as a catalyst in the hydrolysis of organic phosphates

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phosphatase

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A phosphatase is an enzyme that removes a phosphate group from its substrate by hydrolysing phosphoric acid mono esters into a phosphate ion and a molecule with a free hydroxyl group (see dephosphorylation ). This action is directly opposite to that of ...

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n. any of a group of enzymes that act as a catalyst in the hydrolysis of organic phosphates

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context enzyme English) Any of several enzymes that hydrolyze phosphate esters, and are important in the metabolism of carbohydrates, nucleotides and phospholipids, and in the formation of bone.

Usage examples of phosphatase.

He also saw abnormal results for several other tests, including the lactate dehydrogenase test, the B-12 level, and the leukocyte alkaline phosphatase test.

The alkaline phosphatase test was repeated, and was found to be still higher, at 61.

However, they noted that the elevated alkaline phosphatase and elevated uric acid were unexplained.

More recent evidence has found that higher levels of a compound, prostatic acid phosphatase, has been found in patients who claim to have female ejaculation.

O'Connor, and the dates those tests were first described in clinically practi­cal terms: X ray: chest and abdomen (1905-15) White cell count (about 1895) Serum acetone (1928) Amylase (1948) Calcium (1931) Phosphorus (1925) SCOT (1955) LDH (1956) CPK (1961) John O'Connor 45 Aldolase (1949) Lipase (1934) CSF protein (1931) CSF sugar (1932) Blood sugar (1932) Bilirubin (1937) Serum albumin/globulin (1923-38) Electrolytes (1941-6) Electrocardiogram (about 1915) Prothrombin time (1940) Blood pH (1924-57) Blood gases (1957) Protein-bound iodine (1948) Alkaline phosphatase (1933) Watson-Schwartz (1941) Creatinine (1933) Uric acid (1933) If one were to graph these tests, and others com­monly used, against the total time course of med­ical history, one would see a flat line for more than two thousand years, followed by a slight rise be­ginning about 1850, and then an ever-sharper rise to the present time.