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

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

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

No more urgent necessity had ever arisen than this present, and One-Tree Pass for once in its life became the active centre of the island.

From White Fire by Oxenham, John