Apoenzyme
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An inactive haloenzyme lacking a cofactor.
"The use of chemical reagents as enzyme inhibitors has yielded information concerning the mechanism of inhibition and the role in catalysis played by active groups on the protein apoenzyme, the coenzyme, or the metal component."
- 2 a protein that combines with a coenzyme to form an active enzyme wordnet
Example
More examples"The use of chemical reagents as enzyme inhibitors has yielded information concerning the mechanism of inhibition and the role in catalysis played by active groups on the protein apoenzyme, the coenzyme, or the metal component."
Etymology
From apo- + enzyme.
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