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catalysis /ca·tal·y·sis/ (kah-tal´i-sis) increase in the velocity of a chemical reaction or process produced by the presence of a substance that is not consumed in the net chemical reaction or process; negative c. denotes the slowing down or inhibition of a reaction or process by the presence of such a substance.catalyt´ic
catalysis (k  tal´sis),n the increase in rate of a chemical reaction, induced by a substance called a catalyst, which takes no part in the reaction and remains unchanged. catalysis increase in the velocity of a chemical reaction or process produced by the presence of a substance that is not consumed in the net chemical reaction or process; negative catalysis denotes the slowing down or inhibition of a reaction or process by the presence of such a substance. covalent catalysis one type of enzyme reaction with substrates to form very unstable, covalently joined enzyme-substrate complexes which undergo further reaction. |
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Many conventional drugs are enzyme inhibitors: they work by inhibiting a diseased cell's key enzyme, a protein that promotes -- or catalyzes -- a specific biochemical reaction involved in cell growth or metabolism. |
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