Preferred Label : activator;
IUPAC definition : A substance, other than the catalyst or one of the substrates, that increases the
rate of a catalysed reaction without itself being consumed; the process is called
activation. An activator of an enzyme-catalysed reaction may be called enzyme activator,
if it acts by binding to the enzyme.;
Origin ID : A00104;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Active [ICD-11 Extension code]
- See also
A substance, other than the catalyst or one of the substrates, that increases the
rate of a catalysed reaction without itself being consumed; the process is called
activation. An activator of an enzyme-catalysed reaction may be called enzyme activator,
if it acts by binding to the enzyme.
