isozyme

American

[ahy-suh-zahym] / ˈaɪ səˌzaɪm /

noun

Biochemistry.

any of the genetically variant forms of certain enzymes that catalyze the same reaction but that may differ in activity, composition, or physical properties.

isozyme British

/ ˈaɪsəʊˌzaɪm, -ˈzɪm- /

noun

Also called: isoenzyme. any of a set of structural variants of an enzyme occurring in different tissues in a single species

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Other Word Forms

isozymic

adjective

Etymology

Origin of isozyme

First recorded in 1955–60; iso- + (en)zyme

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