English Explanatory Dictionary

enzyme

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A biomolecule that catalyses a biological chemical reaction: either a globular protein with this function or an RNA molecule with this function.
  2. The protein type specifically.
  3. Leavened bread, as opposed to azyme.

Pronunciation

/ˈɛn.zaɪm/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-enzyme.wav

Word forms

enzyme enzymes

Etymology

From German Enzym, coined 1878 by the German physiologist Wilhelm Kühne from Ancient Greek ἐν (en, “in”) + ζύμη (zúmē, “leaven”). By surface analysis, en- + zyme.

Related words

zymase zymo- zymogen zymogenic zymogram

Derived words

abzyme adaptive enzyme alloenzyme allozyme angiotensin converting enzyme angiotensin-converting enzyme angiotensin converting enzyme 1 angiotensin converting enzyme 2 antienzyme antizyme apoenzyme chemzyme coenzyme cuproenzyme ecoenzyme ectoenzyme electroenzyme endoenzyme enzybiotic enzymatic enzyme-inducing medication enzyme-inhibiting medication enzyme inhibitor enzymeless enzymelike enzymic enzymogenesis enzymoimmunoassay enzymology enzymolysis enzymopathy enzymosis enzymuria exoenzyme flavoenzyme granzyme haloenzyme heteroenzyme holoenzyme invert enzyme isoenzyme isozyme lysozyme macroenzyme mechanoenzyme megaenzyme metalloenzyme modification enzyme molybdoenzyme multienzyme nanoenzyme nanozyme necroenzyme neoenzyme nonenzyme phosphoenzyme photoenzyme plastizyme precursor enzyme proenzyme
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