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holoenzyme
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holoenzyme /holo·en·zyme/ (-en´zīm) the active compound formed by combination of a coenzyme and an apoenzyme.
hol·o·en·zyme (hl-nzm, hl-)
n.
An active, complex enzyme consisting of an apoenzyme and a coenzyme.
holoenzyme
[hol′ō·en′zīm]
Etymology: Gk, holos + en, in, zymos, ferment
a complete enzyme-cofactor complex that gives rise to full catalytic activity.
holoenzyme [hol″o-en´zīm]
the active compound formed by combination of a coenzyme and an apoenzyme.
holoenzyme
an enzyme which contains several different subunits and retains some activity even when one or more of the subunits is missing.
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16,17) The eukaryotic cell cycle is driven forward by cyclins, which form holoenzymes together with their cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) partners.
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