transferase

broad class of enzymes; transfer of a functional group from one substance to another

Class type of: enzyme Q407355

Facts

6 properties

Instance of: group or class of enzymes
Subclass of: enzyme^[2]
Different from: esterase^[6]
EC enzyme number: 2.-.-.-^[3]
Molecular function: transferase activity^[4]
Topic has template: Template:Acyltransferases^[5]

🏷️ Also known as

en EC2 en transferases en transferase ar ترانسفيراز cs Transferasy cs Transferasa cs Transferázy cs transferáza de Transferasen el τρανσφεράση el μεταφοράση es EC 2 es transferasas fa ترانسفراز fi Transferaasit fr transferase fr transférase he טראנספראז he טראנספרז he טרנספראז

🔖 Identifiers · 26

Library of Congress Authorities ID: sh85136913
OpenAlex ID: C2776376580
BNCF Thesaurus ID: 45327
BabelNet ID: 00077981n
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 122624358
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: science/transferase
Freebase ID: /m/02nw6r
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID: transferasa
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme): 0147389
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID: transferaser
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017): 4200095
IUPAC Gold Book ID: T06443

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J9U entity ID: 987007546197105171
KBpedia ID: Transferase
MeSH descriptor ID: D014166
MeSH tree code: D08.811.913
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued): 2776376580
NALT ID: 3997
NL CR AUT ID: ph170654
PSH ID: 6260
Semantic Scholar topic ID: 1388
Topic's main category: Category:Transferases
UMLS CUI: C0040676
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID: 15102138-n
YSO ID: 21692
Yale LUX ID: concept/81a4f06e-134d-469c-8939-1b1dd62e0b87

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🔗 Connections

Subtypes 148

DNA polymerase, RNA polymerase, reverse transcriptase, kinase, telomerase, creatine kinase, transaminase, protein kinase +140 more

Different from 1

esterase

Subclass of 1

enzyme

Topic has template 1

Template:Acyltransferases

Topic's main category 1

Category:Transferases

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Category:Transferases

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Template:Acyltransferases

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Summary

transferase is a group or class of enzymes^[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ transferase — subclass of (P279): enzyme. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ transferase — EC enzyme number (P591): 2.-.-.-. ENZYME. Retrieved 2019-09-26. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ transferase — molecular function (P680): transferase activity. InterPro release 2019-Nov-12. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ transferase — topic has template (P1424): Template:Acyltransferases. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ transferase — different from (P1889): esterase. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

[1] ↑ transferase is an instance of group or class of enzymes (Q67015883) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX

@misc{4ortxyz_transferase_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{transferase}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/transferase}, note = {Accessed: 2026-11-09}}

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13w ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-08-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗

YSO ID → 21692

"Changed [id] labels, descriptions, aliases and claims: import labels from sitelinks; cleanup"
24w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Different from → esterase

Topic has template → Template:Acyltransferases

Subclass of → enzyme

Instance of → group or class of enzymes

+ 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)

"YSO ID, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"

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