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heteroenzyme

heteroenzyme noun: any of two or more proteins that have different structure but the same enzymatic activity.

Noun

heteroenzyme (plural heteroenzymes)

  1. Any of two or more proteins that have different structure but the same enzymatic activity

Forms of heteroenzyme

pluralheteroenzymes

Origin of heteroenzyme

From hetero- + enzyme.

Questions about heteroenzyme

What does heteroenzyme mean?
Heteroenzyme means any of two or more proteins that have different structure but the same enzymatic activity.
What part of speech is heteroenzyme?
Heteroenzyme is a noun.
What is the plural of heteroenzyme?
The plural of heteroenzyme is heteroenzymes.

Words near heteroenzyme in the dictionary

  1. heteroelement
  2. heteroelements
  3. heteroencapsidation
  4. heteroencapsidations
  5. heteroenzymatic
  6. heteroenzyme
  7. heteroenzymes
  8. heteroepitactic
  9. heteroepitaxial
  10. heteroepitaxic
  11. heteroepitaxies

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