enzyme.
A biomolecule that catalyses a biological chemical reaction: either a globular protein with this function or an RNA molecule with this function.
Meaning & usage
A biomolecule that catalyses a biological chemical reaction: either a globular protein with this function or an RNA molecule with this function.
A biomolecule that catalyses a biological chemical reaction: either a globular protein with this function or an RNA molecule with this function. The protein type specifically.
Leavened bread, as opposed to azyme.
Where this word comes from
From German Enzym, coined 1878 by the German physiologist Wilhelm Kühne from Ancient Greek ἐν (en, “in”) + ζύμη (zúmē, “leaven”). By surface analysis, en- + zyme.
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