Meaning Of The Word Enzyme
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Enzyme Meaning
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What's The Definition Of Enzyme?
enzyme in American English
any of various proteins, formed in plant and animal cells or made synthetically, that act as organic catalysts in initiating or speeding up specific chemical reactions and that usually become inactive or unstable above c. 50°C (122° F) noun: any of various proteins, as pepsin, originating from living cells and capable of producing certain chemical changes in organic substances by catalytic action, as in digestion enzyme in British English noun: any of a group of complex proteins or conjugated proteins that are produced by living cells and act as catalysts in specific biochemical reactions |
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