enzyme

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See also: Enzyme and enzymé

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Etymology

From German Enzym, coined 1878 by the German physiologist Wilhelm Kühne from Ancient Greek ἐν (en, “in”) +‎ ζύμη (zúmē, “sourdough”).

Pronunciation

Noun

enzyme (countable and uncountable, plural enzymes)

  2. (biochemistry) A biomolecule that catalyses a biological chemical reaction: either a globular protein with this function or an RNA molecule with this function.
    Hypernym: biocatalyst
    Hyponym: ribozyme
    2. (strictly) The protein type specifically.
      Hypernym: biocatalyst
      Hyponym: see list
      Coordinate term: ribozyme
  3. (Christianity) Leavened bread, as opposed to azyme.

Usage notes

Before 1980, protein enzymes were the only known type, so the word enzyme invariably meant that type. Since RNA catalysis was discovered, ribozymes are often viewed as a type of enzyme (in the newer and broader sense of the word), but even today, their name is often used coordinately with the stricter sense.

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐν (en, “in”) +‎ ζύμη (zúmē, “sourdough”).

Noun

enzyme m or f (plural enzymes)

  1. (biochemistry) enzyme

Verb

enzyme

  1. inflection of enzymer:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

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