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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Example Sentences

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

Such was his conception of the man who now became Secretary to the Duke of York, and an active centre of intrigue.

From Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon — Volume 02 by Clarendon, Edward Hyde, Earl of

There is an active centre of distribution in South-eastern Europe itself, from which species radiate out in all directions.

From The History of the European Fauna by Scharff, Robert Francis

An active centre of origin appears to exist in South-eastern Europe, from which the species radiate out in all directions.

From The History of the European Fauna by Scharff, Robert Francis