enzyme

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a protein or RNA molecule that catalyzes a biochemical reaction without being consumed by it

   The enzyme lactase breaks lactose into simpler sugars.

Common collocations

• restriction enzyme Noun + noun

From German Enzym, coined in 1878 by physiologist Wilhelm Kühne from Ancient Greek en ("in") + zyme ("leaven"), because fermentation was understood as activity occurring within yeast.

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