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Enzymes and Coenzymes > Enzymes

Preferred term

Enzymes  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Biocatalyst
  • Biocatalysts
  • Enzyme

Note

  • general only: avoid; prefer specific enzyme or / enzymol: Manual 19.7+, 19.8.30; policy: Manual 25.18+; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY, restricted to enzymes, is available; ENZYME TESTS, CLINICAL is available for measuring the level of a specific enzyme in the diagnosis of a disease; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME REPRESSION; ENZYME STABILITY are also available; ENZYME INDUCTION: coordinate with specific enzyme / biosyn

Scope note

  • Biological molecules that possess catalytic activity. They may occur naturally or be synthetically created. Enzymes are usually proteins, however CATALYTIC RNA and CATALYTIC DNA molecules have also been identified.

In other languages

  • entsyymit

    Finnish

  • biokatalysaattori
  • biokatalysaattorit
  • biokatalyytit
  • biokatalyytti
  • entsyymi
  • Enzymer

    Swedish

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D004798

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