apoenzyme

English

Etymology

From apo- +‎ enzyme.

Noun

apoenzyme (plural apoenzymes)

1. (biochemistry) An inactive haloenzyme lacking a cofactor.
   • 1957 January, I.W. Sizer, “Chemical aspects of enzyme inhibition”, in Science, volume 125, number 3237, →DOI, →PMID, page 54:

     The use of chemical reagents as enzyme inhibitors has yielded information concerning the mechanism of inhibition and the role in catalysis played by active groups on the protein apoenzyme, the coenzyme, or the metal component.

Translations

an inactive haloenzyme lacking a cofactor

Finnish: apoentsyymi Polish: apoenzym m Portuguese: apoenzima f