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What does enzyme mean?

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Noun
  1. (biochemistry) A globular protein that catalyses a biological chemical reaction.
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Sulphate reduction is initiated and carried out by the enzyme APS reductase in leaf and root plastids.
Therefore, enzyme supplementation should be an adjunct to, not a substitute for, dietary restriction.
Sugar is taken and in the presence of an enzyme ethyl alcohol and carbon dioxide are produced.
This same converting enzyme also breaks down kinins, which are powerful vasodilators, and therefore tend to lower the blood pressure.
Glasshouse plants used for nodule enzyme activity measurements were unpotted, rinsed free of sand and packed in ice.
The cAMP is produced by adenylate cyclase, and that enzyme is activated by phosphorylated IIA Glc.

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