English Explanatory Dictionary

retroinhibition

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A form of feedback in a cyclic metabolic pathway in which an end product inhibits an allosteric enzyme that starts the reaction

Word forms

retroinhibition

Etymology

From retro- + inhibition.

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