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apoenzyme

noun

Etymology

From apo- + enzyme.

  1. borrowed from Enzym
  2. prefixed as apoenzyme — “apo + enzyme”

Definitions

  1. An inactive haloenzyme lacking a cofactor.

    • The use of chemical reagents as enzyme inhibitors has yielded information concerning the mechanism of inhibition and the role in catalysis played by active groups on the protein apoenzyme, the coenzyme, or the metal component.

The neighborhood

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