enzyme medical definition

noun

Any of numerous proteins or conjugated proteins produced by living organisms and functioning as specialized catalysts for biochemical reactions.

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enzyme

Top: substrate molecules bonding with an enzyme's active site

Center: the substrate molecules and enzyme bind to form a single molecule

Bottom: the new molecule and unchanged enzyme separate

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