Definition of "mutase" []

• An enzyme that catalyzes the shifting of a chemical group from one position to another within the same molecule. (noun)

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• "This demonstration of the part of mutase played by the co-zymase, or in other words of the identity of co-zymase and co-mutase, is of fundamental importance, for it has fully revealed the central position in the process of fermentation of the complementary enzyme in question."
• "Axe mentions two other studies – one deals with experiments done with the lambda repressor, and the other with chorismate mutase."
• "DiMauro S, Miranda AF, Khan S, Gitlin K, Friedman R (1981) Human muscle phosphoglycerate mutase deficiency: newly discovered metabolic myopathy."