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retroinhibition

retroinhibition noun: a form of feedback in a cyclic metabolic pathway in which an end product inhibits an allosteric enzyme that starts the reaction.

Noun

retroinhibition (uncountable)

  1. A form of feedback in a cyclic metabolic pathway in which an end product inhibits an allosteric enzyme that starts the reaction

Origin of retroinhibition

From retro- + inhibition.

Questions about retroinhibition

What does retroinhibition mean?
Retroinhibition means a form of feedback in a cyclic metabolic pathway in which an end product inhibits an allosteric enzyme that starts the reaction.
What part of speech is retroinhibition?
Retroinhibition is a noun.

Words near retroinhibition in the dictionary

  1. retroillumination
  2. retroincompetent
  3. retroinfection
  4. retroinfections
  5. retroinfundibular
  6. retroinhibition
  7. retroinsular
  8. retroject
  9. retrojected
  10. retrojecting
  11. retrojection

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