English
sortase
From sort + -ase.
Formed from sort + -ase
Proto-Indo-European *ser- ‘to bind’
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Latin sors ‘lot’
Latin sortem
Old French sorte ‘class’
Middle English sort
English sort
Today it means
noun Any of a group of prokaryotic enzymes that form pili through cleavage and isopeptide bonding of precursors
Sources
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Etymograph / sortase