enzyme
IPA: ˈɛnzaɪm
noun
- (biochemistry) A globular protein that catalyses a biological chemical reaction.
- (Christianity) leavened bread, as opposed to azyme
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Examples of "enzyme" in Sentences
- The enzymes actually eat the bacteria.
- Enzymes assist in the digestion of foods.
- The biochemical equivalent is the enzyme unit.
- Each dilution of enzyme was tested in triplicate.
- It is an inhibitor of the enzyme glutamate decarboxylase.
- It is an inhibitor of the enzyme that will make you better.
- Conversely the activity of the enzyme is stimulated by PRPP.
- This enzyme is responsible for the majority of starch digestion.
- Amine oxidase is an enzyme involved in the metabolism of histamine.
- It's the change of conformation of the enzyme that produces the product.
- The tannins are formed by enzymes during metabolic processes by the grapevine.
- I think residual bromelain enzyme from the piña breaks down the gluten in the wheat flour.
- This enzyme is part of the adrenal production pathway for cortisol, and catalyzes the conversion of 17-hydroxyprogesterone to 11-deoxycortisol.
- Long term enzyme-replacement therapy for people with Pompe disease, an inherited muscle disorder affecting fewer than 10,000 people world-wide. —
- If that enzyme is blocked, levels of 17 hydroxyprogesterone build up, and then steroid production tends to preferentially head down the other path towards testosterone.
- This neurotoxic action kills bugs by reducing the level of a certain enzyme (acetylcholinesterase) that clears an important neurotransmitter chemical (acetylcholine) out of the junction between nerve cells.
- And scientists coined the word enzyme, denoting the remarkable protein molecules that living cells use to transform other molecules, from the Greek words for “in yeast,” where sugar is transformed into alcohol.
- With the introduction of thermodynamics, advances in enzyme chemistry and the discovery of phosphorylated compounds in the 1920s, the stage was set for a sudden shift in how scientists understood intermediate metabolism.
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