apoenzyme

• Componente proteico de uma enzima que, ao se ligar a um cofator ou coenzima, forma a enzima ativa completa (holoenzima).

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

1. Inactive enzyme componentC2formalscientific

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

   Componente inativo da enzima

   • 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.