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Phosphatase

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Food Biotechnology

An enzyme that hydrolyzes esters of phosphoric acid, removing a phosphate group.

Susan Allender-Hagedorn and Charles Hagedorn — An Agricultural and Environmental Biotechnology Annotated Dictionary

An class of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of esters of phosphoric acid, removing a phosphate group from an organic compound.

UN Food and Agriculture Organization — Glossary of Biotechnology for Food and Agriculture