Glossary 1.5
The glossary provides definitions and explanations of key terms and concepts essential to understand the topic in the lesson. Be sure to familiarize yourself with each term before attempting the lesson glossary quiz.
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Active sitea pocket or groove in an enzyme that binds its substrate | |
Allosteric regulationthe regulation of one site of a protein by binding to another site on the same protein | |
Allosteric siteA binding site on an enzyme that binds regulatory molecules | |
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Coenzymean organic molecule that acts as a cofactor of an enzyme | |
Cofactora non-protein group that binds to an enzyme and is essential for catalytic activity | |
competitive inhibitiona situation in which a competitor substance binds to a normal substrate binding site to block enzyme activity | |
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Enzymea biological catalyst, usually a protein, that speeds up a chemical reaction | |
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Feedback inhibitionthe regulation of a pathway by one of the products of this pathway | |
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Induced-fit modela model of enzyme activity that describes how an enzyme changes shape to better accommodate a substrate | |
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Noncompetitive inhibitiona situation in which molecules bind to an enzyme at a site that is not the active site, thus blocking enzyme activity | |