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

It was an active centre of mining, and became a stannary or coinage town.

From The Cornwall Coast by Salmon, Arthur L. (Arthur Leslie)

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

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 Raleigh, Walter Alexander, Sir