Definitions for enzyme

enzyme en·zyme

Spelling: [en-zahym]
IPA: /ˈɛn zaɪm/

Enzyme is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 20 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 21 points.

You can make 40 anagrams from letters in enzyme (eemnyz).

Definitions for enzyme

noun

  1. any of various proteins, as pepsin, originating from living cells and capable of producing certain chemical changes in organic substances by catalytic action, as in digestion.

Origin of enzyme

1880-85; Medieval Greek énzymos leavened (Greek en- en-2 + zȳ́m(ē) leaven + -os adj. suffix)

Examples for enzyme

That life-giving source is the enzyme telomerase, which can actually lengthen telomeres.

It has nothing to do with aroma; the word refers to the enzyme aromatase.

By adding the enzyme maltase from yeast to a forty per cent.

In particular, “prolonged fasting reduced the enzyme PKA,” explains the USC announcement.

The answer lies in polyphenol oxidase, an enzyme that combines with oxygen to speed up cellular decomposition.

Here a similar action is caused by an enzyme called ptyalin.

Women also make less of an enzyme called alcohol dehydrogenase, which breaks down alcohol before it hits the bloodstream.

The enzyme must be specific for the protein since these differ in constitution.

This exchange appears to be aided by the presence of an enzyme in the lung tissues.

If the products are removed, the action will continue, if the enzyme is not destroyed.

Word Value for enzyme
Scrable

20

Words with friends

21

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