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enzyme
has definitions from the fields of biology,chemistry,biochemistry
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[ noun ] (biology,chemistry,biochemistry) any of several complex proteins that are produced by cells and act as catalysts in specific biochemical reactions
Used in print (Jacob Robbins et al., "The thyroid-stimulating...)Similar findings have been noted in a patient with congenital absence of the organification enzymes , whose thyroid tissue could only concentrate iodide . Besides proteolytic enzymes the thyroid possesses de-iodinating enzymes . Besides proteolytic enzymes the thyroid possesses de-iodinating enzymes . This de-iodinating enzyme is effective against mono - and di-iodotyrosine , but does not de-iodinate thyroxine or tri-iodothyronine . Related terms protein catalyst protease de-iodinase catalase histaminase pepsin polymerase lipase amylase histamine transaminase cholinesterase cox kinase plasmin beta-lactamase phosphatase rennin streptodornase streptokinase thromboplastin collagenase zymase oxidase monoamine_oxidase decarboxylase enterokinase oxidoreductase hyaluronidase isomerase lactaid lysozyme nitrogenase papain pepsinogen complement reductase ada secretase sod trypsin disaccharidase nuclease telomerase transferase coagulase elastase urease active_site |
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