enzyme

English

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Etymology

From German Enzym, created in 1878, by the German physiologist Wilhelm Kühne from Ancient Greek ἐν (en, “in”) and ζύμη (zýmē, “sourdough”).

Noun

enzyme (plural enzymes)

1. (biochemistry) A globular protein that catalyses a biological chemical reaction.

Translations

catalytic protein

Afrikaans: ensiem (af) Arabic: انزيم (ar) Bosnian: enzim (bs) Bulgarian: ензим (bg) m. Catalan: enzim (ca) m. Czech: enzym (cs) m. Esperanto: enzimo (eo) Finnish: entsyymi (fi) French: enzyme (fr) m. and f. German: Enzym (de) n. Greek: ένζυμο (el) (énzymo) n.

Hebrew: אנזים (he) Hungarian: enzim (hu) Irish: Einsím (ga) f. Japanese: 酵素 (ja) (こうそ, kōso) Lithuanian: fermentas (lt) m., enzimas (lt) m. Polish: enzym (pl) m. Russian: фермент (ru) (f'erm'ént) m., энзим (ru) (enzím) m. Spanish: enzima (es) f. Turkish: enzim (tr)

Derived terms

adaptive enzyme apoenzyme coenzyme

haloenzyme holoenzyme ribozyme

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French

Noun

enzyme m. and f. (plural enzymes)

1. (biochemistry) enzyme