enzyme
A biomolecule that catalyses a biological chemical reaction: either a globular protein with this function or an RNA molecule with this function.
Other meanings
The protein type specifically.
Leavened bread, as opposed to azyme.
A kind of
- protein
- catalyst
Kinds of enzyme
- complement
- spreading factor
Related words
- precursor enzyme
- adaptive enzyme
- abzyme
- alloenzyme
- antienzyme
- antizyme
- chemzyme
- cuproenzyme
- ecoenzyme
- ectoenzyme
- electroenzyme
- endoenzyme
Word history
From German "Enzym".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “enzyme” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.