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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
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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