Phosphatidyltransferase

Origin

Full definition of phosphatidyltransferase

Noun

1. (enzyme) An enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of a phosphatidyl group from one molecule to another, involved in lipid metabolism and cell membrane synthesis.
• 2016, Pierre Pontarotti, Evolutionary Biology: Convergent Evolution, Evolution of Complex Traits, Concepts and Methods (page 196)Steps that follow the formation of archaeal phospholipids are the activation of CDP-archaeol by CarS ... and head group modification by enzymes of the CPD-alcohol phosphatidyltransferases and by enzymes that are homologues of their bacterial counterparts.