enzymogenesis
enzymogenesis noun: the evolutionary development of function of an enzyme, typically used for alcohol dehydrogenases.
Noun
enzymogenesis (plural enzymogeneses)
- The evolutionary development of function of an enzyme, typically used for alcohol dehydrogenases.
- Hence, the two cod enzyme structures define the earlier events and illustrate the "enzymogenesis," or emergence of a unique enzyme.1992, Olle Danielsson, Hans Jörnvall, “"Enzymogenesis": classical liver alcohol dehydrogenase origin from the glutathione-dependent formaldehyde dehydrogenase line”, in Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A...
- This multiple enzymogenesis of the same activity from different superfamilies is again analogous to the situation for ADHs and PDHs, where different forms belong to either of these two superfamilies.2008, B. Persson, J. Hedlund, H. Jörnvall, “Medium- and short-chain dehydrogenase/reductase gene and protein families”, in Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, →DOI
Forms of enzymogenesis
| plural | enzymogeneses |
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Origin of enzymogenesis
From enzyme + -o- + -genesis.
Questions about enzymogenesis
- What does enzymogenesis mean?
- Enzymogenesis means the evolutionary development of function of an enzyme, typically used for alcohol dehydrogenases.
- What part of speech is enzymogenesis?
- Enzymogenesis is a noun.
- What is the plural of enzymogenesis?
- The plural of enzymogenesis is enzymogeneses.
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