active centre

British  

noun

1. Also called: active site.  biochem the region in an enzyme molecule in which the reactive groups that participate in its action are juxtaposed

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Olga Mayans and Jennifer Fleming created a three-dimensional model of its enzyme structure and active centre to understand the reaction pathway.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 10, 2023

By 1700 Boston had already overtaken Oxford and Cambridge to become the second most active centre of publishing of English books after London.

From BBC ● Nov. 25, 2013

Thenceforth it has been an active centre for the teaching and for the encouragement of the study of diplomatic throughout the country, and has produced results which other nations may envy.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" by Various

This base at Dunkirk remained an active centre for our seaplane and aeroplane work throughout the war, and did much to defeat the German plans.

From The War in the Air; Vol. 1 The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force by Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh

We know that Lisbon had long been an active centre of trade with the Hanse Towns, Flanders, and England.

From Prince Henry the Navigator, the Hero of Portugal and of Modern Discovery, 1394-1460 A.D. With an Account of Geographical Progress Throughout the Middle Ages As the Preparation for His Work. by C. Raymond Beazley