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apoenzymes

apoenzymes is the plural of apoenzyme.

Meaning of apoenzyme

Noun

apoenzyme (plural apoenzymes)

  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

Questions about apoenzymes

What is apoenzymes the plural of?
Apoenzymes is the plural of apoenzyme.

Words near apoenzymes in the dictionary

  1. apodyteria
  2. apodyterium
  3. apodyteriums
  4. apoenzymatic
  5. apoenzyme
  6. apoenzymes
  7. apoetical
  8. apofenchene
  9. apoferment
  10. apoferments
  11. apoferritin

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