A mutase is an enzyme of the isomerase class that catalyzes the shifting of a functional group from one position to another within the same molecule. Examples of this are bisphosphoglycerate mutase, which appears in red blood cells and phosphoglycerate mutase, which acts in glycolysis. In glycolysis, it changes 3-phosphoglycerate to 2-phosphoglyce...
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<enzyme> An enzyme that catalyses the switching of functional groups on a molecule. ... (13 Nov 1997) ...
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(mu´tās) any of a group of enzymes (transferases) that catalyze the intramolecular shifting of a chemical group from one position to another.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: myū′tās Definitions: 1. Any enzyme that catalyzes the apparent migration of groups within one molecule, phosphoglycerate phosphomutase; sometimes the transfer is from one molecule to another, phosphoglucomutase, phosphoglyceromutase (both phosphotransferases).
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