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en·zyme  (nzm)

n.

Any of numerous proteins or conjugated proteins produced by living organisms and functioning as biochemical catalysts.

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[German Enzym, from Medieval Greek enzmos, leavened : Greek en-, in; see en-² + Greek zm, leaven, yeast.]

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enzy·matic (-z-mtk), en·zymic (-zmk, -zmk) adj.

enzy·mati·cal·ly, en·zymi·cal·ly adv.

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enzyme [ˈɛnzaɪm]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biochemistry) any of a group of complex proteins or conjugated proteins that are produced by living cells and act as catalysts in specific biochemical reactions

[from Medieval Greek enzumos leavened, from Greek en-² + zumē leaven]

enzymatic  [ˌɛnzaɪˈmætɪk -zɪ-], enzymic [ɛnˈzaɪmɪk -ˈzɪm-] adj

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enzyme  (nzm) Any of numerous proteins produced in living cells that accelerate or catalyze the metabolic processes of an organism. Enzymes are usually very selective in the molecules that they act upon, called substrates, often reacting with only a single substrate. The substrate binds to the enzyme at a location called the active site just before the reaction catalyzed by the enzyme takes place. Enzymes can speed up chemical reactions by up to a millionfold, but only function within a narrow temperature and pH range, outside of which they can lose their structure and become denatured. Enzymes are involved in such processes as the breaking down of the large protein, starch, and fat molecules in food into smaller molecules during digestion, the joining together of nucleotides into strands of DNA, and the addition of a phosphate group to ADP to form ATP. The names of enzymes usually end in the suffix -ase.

enzyme

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

enzyme - any of several complex proteins that are produced by cells and act as catalysts in specific biochemical reactions active site - the part of an enzyme or antibody where the chemical reaction occurs ADA, adenosine deaminase - an enzyme found in mammals that can catalyze the deamination of adenosine into inosine and ammonia; "ADA deficiency can lead to one form of severe combined immunodeficiency disease"; "the gene encoding ADA was one of the earlier human genes to be isolated and cloned for study" catalyst, accelerator - (chemistry) a substance that initiates or accelerates a chemical reaction without itself being affected protein - any of a large group of nitrogenous organic compounds that are essential constituents of living cells; consist of polymers of amino acids; essential in the diet of animals for growth and for repair of tissues; can be obtained from meat and eggs and milk and legumes; "a diet high in protein" amylase - any of a group of proteins found in saliva and pancreatic juice and parts of plants; help convert starch to sugar cholinesterase - an enzyme that hydrolyses acetylcholine (into choline and acetic acid) coagulase - an enzyme that induces coagulation collagenase - any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of collagen and gelatin complement - one of a series of enzymes in the blood serum that are part of the immune response catalase - enzyme found in most plant and animal cells that functions as an oxidative catalyst; decomposes hydrogen peroxide into oxygen and water Cox, cyclooxygenase - either of two related enzymes that control the production of prostaglandins and are blocked by aspirin decarboxylase - any of the enzymes that hydrolize the carboxyl group de-iodinase - an enzyme that removes the iodine radical disaccharidase - an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of disaccharides into monosaccharides elastase - a pancreatic enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of elastin enterokinase - enzyme in the intestinal juice that converts inactive trypsinogen into active trypsin histaminase - enzyme that acts as a catalyst in converting histidine to histamine hyaluronidase, Hyazyme, spreading factor - an enzyme (trade name Hyazyme) that splits hyaluronic acid and so lowers its viscosity and increases the permeability of connective tissue and the absorption of fluids isomerase - an enzyme that catalyzes its substrate to an isomeric form kinase - an enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of a proenzyme to an active enzyme lipase - an enzyme secreted in the digestive tract that catalyzes the breakdown of fats into individual fatty acids that can be absorbed into the bloodstream lysozyme, muramidase - an enzyme found in saliva and sweat and tears that destroys the cell walls of certain bacteria MAO, monoamine oxidase - an enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of many body compounds (e.g., epinephrine and norepinephrine and serotonin) nitrogenase - an enzyme of nitrogen-fixing microorganisms that catalyzes the conversion of nitrogen to ammonia nuclease - general term for enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of nucleic acid by cleaving chains of nucleotides into smaller units oxidase - any of the enzymes that catalyze biological oxidation oxidoreductase - an enzyme that catalyzes oxidation-reduction papain - a proteolytic enzyme obtained from the unripe papaya; used as a meat tenderizer beta-lactamase, penicillinase - enzyme produced by certain bacteria that inactivates penicillin and results in resistance to that antibiotic pepsin - an enzyme produced in the stomach that splits proteins into peptones pepsinogen - precursor of pepsin; stored in the stomach walls and converted to pepsin by hydrochloric acid in the stomach phosphatase - any of a group of enzymes that act as a catalyst in the hydrolysis of organic phosphates fibrinolysin, plasmin - an enzyme that dissolves the fibrin of blood clots polymerase - an enzyme that catalyzes the formation of new DNA and RNA from an existing strand of DNA or RNA peptidase, protease, proteinase, proteolytic enzyme - any enzyme that catalyzes the splitting of proteins into smaller peptide fractions and amino acids by a process known as proteolysis reductase - an enzyme that catalyses the biochemical reduction of some specified substance chymosin, rennin - an enzyme that occurs in gastric juice; causes milk to coagulate secretase - a set of enzymes believed to snip pieces off a longer protein producing fragments of amyloid protein that bunch up and create amyloid protein plaques in brain tissue (the pathological hallmark of Alzheimer's)

Translations

enzyme [ˈenzaɪm] N → enzima f

enzyme [ˈɛnzaɪm] n → enzyme m
enzyme deficiency n → déficience f enzymatique

enzyme

n → Enzym nt, → Ferment nt

enzyme [ˈɛnzaɪm] n → enzima m