allosteric
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
allo- (“other”) + steric (“arrangement of atoms in space”)
Adjective [edit]
allosteric (comparative more allosteric, superlative most allosteric)
- (biochemistry, of an enzyme) That binds a compound on an inactive site and thus changes conformation in order to become either active or inactive
