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Enzyme - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Enzyme : (noun)
1: any of several complex proteins that are produced by cells
and act as catalysts in specific biochemical reactions
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Enzyme : \En"zyme\, n. [Pref. en- (Gr. ? in) _ Gr. ? leaven.]
(Physiol. Chem.)
An unorganized or unformed ferment, in distinction from an
organized or living ferment; a soluble, or chemical, ferment.
Ptyalin, pepsin, diastase, and rennet are good examples of
enzymes.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Enzyme : Enzyme: A chemical reactions , converting a specific set of reactants (called substrates) into specific products. Without enzymes, life as we know it would not exist.
Enzymes are nonetheless subject to error. In 1902 Sir Archibald Garrod was the first to attribute a disease to an enzyme defect, to what Garrod called an "inborn error of metabolism." Today,
newborns are routinely screened for certain enzyme defects such as PKU (phenylketonuria) and galactosemia, an error in the handling (metabolism) of the sugar galactose.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Enzyme |
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