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apoenzyme

/ˌeɪ.pəʊˈen.zaɪm/

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noun

C2formalcommonscientific/ˌeɪ.pəʊˈen.zaɪm/

A protein component that combines with a coenzyme to form an active enzyme.

  • 🇷🇺Белковый компонент, который соединяется с коферментом, образуя активный фермент.
  1. Inactive enzyme component C2 formal scientific

    The protein part of an enzyme that requires a cofactor or coenzyme to become catalytically active.

    • The apoenzyme alone cannot catalyze the reaction until it binds with its coenzyme.
    • Researchers isolated the apoenzyme from the active enzyme complex.
    • The binding of the cofactor to the apoenzyme induces a conformational change.

    🇷🇺Неактивный компонент фермента

  • apoenzymes plural form
  • apoenzymes' possessive plural form
  • apoenzyme's possessive singular form