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apoenzyme en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Hellenic *apó Ancient Greek ᾰ̓πό (ăpó) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓πο- (ăpo-)bor. English apo- English enzyme English apoenzyme From apo- + enzyme.

Meanings

  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. 1957 January, I.W. Sizer, “Chemical aspects of enzyme inhibition”, in Science, volume 125, number 3237, →DOI, →PMID, page 54:

Forms

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Translations (3)

fi apoentsyymi (an inactive haloenzyme lacking a cofactor) · pt apoenzima (an inactive haloenzyme lacking a cofactor) · pl apoenzym (an inactive haloenzyme lacking a cofactor)