Pineapples contain an enzyme denominated bromelain that decomposes some proteins.
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Enzyme
//ˈɛn.zaɪm//
Synonyms for "enzyme" (22 found)
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Closest matches (5)
Strong matches (6)
Related words (11)
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4 entriesRelated terms
5 entriescoordinate
1 entriesderived
70 entriesShowing 16 of 70 words.
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1 entriesis a
7 entriesrelated to
5 entriesTranslations
61 translations across 49 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- ensiem noun (catalytic protein)
Arabic
1 entries- إِنْزِيم noun (catalytic protein)
Basque
1 entries- entzima noun (catalytic protein)
Bulgarian
1 entries- ензим noun (catalytic protein)
Burmese
1 entries- အင်ဇိုင်း noun (catalytic protein)
Catalan
1 entries- enzim noun (catalytic protein)
Chinese
1 entries- 酵素 noun (catalytic protein)
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 酵素 noun (catalytic protein)
- 酶 noun (catalytic protein)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 酵素 noun (catalytic protein)
- 酶 noun (catalytic protein)
Czech
1 entries- enzym noun (catalytic protein)
Danish
1 entries- enzym noun (catalytic protein)
Dutch
1 entries- enzym noun (catalytic protein)
Esperanto
1 entries- enzimo noun (catalytic protein)
Finnish
1 entries- entsyymi noun (catalytic protein)
French
1 entries- enzyme noun (catalytic protein)
Galician
1 entries- enzima noun (catalytic protein)
German
1 entries- Enzym noun (catalytic protein)
Greek
1 entries- ένζυμο noun (catalytic protein)
Gujarati
1 entries- ઉત્સેચક noun (catalytic protein)
Hebrew
1 entries- אנזים noun (catalytic protein)
Hungarian
1 entries- enzim noun (catalytic protein)
Icelandic
1 entries- ensím noun (catalytic protein)
Indonesian
1 entries- enzim noun (catalytic protein)
Irish
1 entries- einsím noun (catalytic protein)
Italian
1 entries- enzima noun (catalytic protein)
Japanese
1 entries- 酵素 noun (catalytic protein)
Kazakh
1 entries- фермент noun (catalytic protein)
Khmer
1 entries- អង់ស៊ីម noun (catalytic protein)
Korean
1 entries- 효소 noun (catalytic protein)
Latvian
1 entries- enzīms noun (catalytic protein)
Lithuanian
2 entries- enzimas noun (catalytic protein)
- fermentas noun (catalytic protein)
Malay
1 entries- enzim noun (catalytic protein)
Māori
2 entries- pūmua whākōkī noun (catalytic protein)
- whākōkī noun (catalytic protein)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- enzîm noun (catalytic protein)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- enzym noun (catalytic protein)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- enzym noun (catalytic protein)
Persian
2 entries- آنزیم noun (catalytic protein)
- زیمایه noun (catalytic protein)
Polish
1 entries- enzym noun (catalytic protein)
Portuguese
1 entries- enzima noun (catalytic protein)
Russian
2 entries- ферме́нт noun (catalytic protein)
- энзи́м noun (catalytic protein)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- enzim noun (catalytic protein)
- ензим noun (catalytic protein)
Somali
1 entries- ensiim noun (catalytic protein)
Spanish
4 entries- biocatalizador noun (catalytic protein)
- diastasa noun (catalytic protein)
- enzima noun (catalytic protein)
- fermento noun (catalytic protein)
Swedish
1 entries- enzym noun (catalytic protein)
Tamil
1 entries- என்சைம் noun (catalytic protein)
Thai
1 entries- เอนไซม์ noun (catalytic protein)
Turkish
1 entries- enzim noun (catalytic protein)
Ukrainian
2 entries- ензим noun (catalytic protein)
- ферме́нт noun (catalytic protein)
Vietnamese
2 entries- enzim noun (catalytic protein)
- men tiêu hoá noun (catalytic protein)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
This enzyme is produced in the stomach.
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A kinase is an enzyme which phosphorylates other proteins.
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An enzyme is a protein that functions as a catalyst for a chemical reaction.
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