Preferred Label : allosteric enzymes;
IUPAC definition : enzymes which contain regions to which small, regulatory molecules (cf. effector)
may bind in addition to and separate from substrate binding sites. On binding the
effector, the catalytic activity of the enzyme towards the substrate may be enhanced,
in which case the effector is an activator, or reduced, in which case it is an inhibitor.;
Origin ID : A00240;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
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enzymes which contain regions to which small, regulatory molecules (cf. effector)
may bind in addition to and separate from substrate binding sites. On binding the
effector, the catalytic activity of the enzyme towards the substrate may be enhanced,
in which case the effector is an activator, or reduced, in which case it is an inhibitor.
