active enzyme

collocation in English

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active
adjective
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/ˈæk.tɪv/us
/ˈæk.tɪv/
busy with a ...
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enzyme
noun[C]
uk
/ˈen.zaɪm/us
/ˈen.zaɪm/
any of a group of chemical substances that are produced by living cells and cause particular chemical reactions to happen while not being ...
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(Definition ofactiveandenzymefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Thus, there is no obvious relationship between the presence ofactiveenzyme, its protein or transcripts during germination.
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Both disulfides need to be reduced to get a totallyactiveenzyme, however, the mechanism of inactivation is distinctly different for the two extensions.
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Only one monomer is shown, theactiveenzymeis a tetramer.
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In those cells in which no staining could be detected directly after incubation, the concentration ofactiveenzymemolecules most be rather low.
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This would allow the strands to move back upon substrate binding, enabling the active site residues to adopt their conformations favorable for catalysis, thus yielding a fullyactiveenzyme.
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Theactiveenzymeis a trimer.
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Theactiveenzymeis a tetramer.
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Under the right conditions in solution these fragments can spontaneously reassemble to form theactiveenzyme.
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Enzyme activity is a measure of the quantity ofactiveenzymepresent and is thus dependent on conditions, "which should be specified".
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One subunit of ribose-phosphate diphosphokinase consists of 318 amino acids; theactiveenzymecomplex consists of three homodimers (or six subunits, a hexamer).
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It is activated once the pro-domain is cleaved, leaving anactiveenzymecomposed of the catalytic domain and the hemopexin-like domain.
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One allele is a non-functional null allele, while the other encodes for a partiallyactiveenzyme.
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This is a measure of the amount ofactiveenzyme, calculated by e.g. titrating the amount of active sites present by employing an irreversible inhibitor.
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Cofactors can be either organic or inorganic molecules which assist in the catalytic mechanism of theactiveenzyme.
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Folding the expressed fusion protein gives anactiveenzyme.
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This allows procaspase-3 to be anactiveenzyme, and it can then cleave another molecule of procaspase-3 to active caspase-3.
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