enzyme
noun
any of various proteins, as pepsin, originating from living cells and capable of producing certain chemical changes in organic substances by catalytic action, as in digestion.
enzymes
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pluralof enzyme.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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BFT belongs to a class of enzymes called proteases, which cut other proteins.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026
Depolymerases are enzymes that break large molecules called polymers into smaller chemical units.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
The finding raises the possibility that some enzymes involved in plastic decomposition could also contribute to antibiotic resistance.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
Some polymers contain bonds that microbial enzymes can attack, allowing bacteria to dismantle them into smaller molecules.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
Since mutations are random nucleotide changes, most of them are harmful or lethal, coding into existence nonfunctional enzymes.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
