triphosphohydrolase

English

Etymology

From tri- +‎ phospho- +‎ hydrolase.

Noun

triphosphohydrolase (plural triphosphohydrolases)

1. (biochemistry) Any hydrolase that catalyses the hydrolysis of triphosphates
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     A key player of this restriction is the sterile alpha motif-hydroxylase domain 1 protein (SAMHD1, [6 ,7 ,14 ], a dGTP-dependent deoxynucleotide triphosphohydrolase that maintains dNTPs at concentrations that are limiting for efficient reverse transcription [5 ,16 ,17 ,18 ,19 ,20 ]).