allosteric
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Etymology
From allo- (“other”) + steric (“arrangement of atoms in space”).
Adjective
allosteric (comparative more allosteric, superlative most allosteric)
- (biochemistry, of an enzyme) That binds a compound on an inactive site and thus changes macromolecular conformation or dynamics in order to become either active or inactive
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Translations
of an enzyme: that binds a compound on an inactive site
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Noun
allosteric (plural allosterics)
- (biochemistry) An allosteric modulator
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