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Etymology and history
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Mechanism
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Cofactors
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Biological function
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Overview
- Biological macromolecule
- Protein
- Catalyst
- Chemical reactions
- Molecules
- Substrates Substrate (chemistry)
- Products Product (chemistry)
- Metabolic processes Metabolism
- Cell Cell (biology)
- Enzyme catalysis
- Metabolic pathway
- Pseudoenzymes Pseudoenzyme
- Amino acid
- Catalytic RNA molecules Ribozyme
- Biomolecular condensates Biomolecular condensate
- Reaction rate
- Activation energy
- Orotidine 5′-phosphate decarboxylase
- Equilibrium Chemical equilibrium
- Three-dimensional structure Tertiary structure
- Temperature
- PH
- Activated Enzyme activator
- Inhibited Enzyme inhibitor
- Drugs Drug
- Poisons Poison
- Denaturation Denaturation (biochemistry)
- Antibiotics Antibiotic
- Biological washing powders Detergent enzymes
- Fat
Etymology and history
- Meat
- Starch
- Sugars Sugar
- Saliva
- Anselme Payen
- Diastase
- Fermentation Fermentation (food)
- Alcohol Ethanol
- Yeast
- Louis Pasteur
- Vital force
- Wilhelm Kühne
- Ancient Greek Ancient Greek language
- Leavened Bread
- Pepsin
- Eduard Buchner
- University of Berlin Humboldt University of Berlin
- Zymase
- Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- -ase
- Substrate Substrate (biochemistry)
- Lactase
- Lactose
- DNA polymerase
- Richard Willstätter
- James B. Sumner
- Urease
- Catalase
- John Howard Northrop
- Wendell Meredith Stanley
Classification and nomenclature
- Amino acid sequence Protein primary structure
- Alcohol dehydrogenase
- International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Nomenclature
- EC numbers (for "Enzyme Commission") Enzyme Commission number
- Oxidoreductases Oxidoreductase
- Oxidation
- Transferases Transferase
- Functional group
- Hydrolases Hydrolase
- Hydrolysis
- Lyases Lyase
- Isomerases Isomerase
- Isomerization Isomer
- Ligases Ligase
- Translocases Translocase
- Chemical mechanism
- Pfam
- Horizontal gene transfer
Structure
- Globular proteins Globular protein
- Complexes Protein complex
- Hot springs Hot spring
- Monomer
- 4-oxalocrotonate tautomerase
- Fatty acid synthase
- Binding sites Binding site
- Active site
- Cofactors Cofactor (biochemistry)
- Allosteric sites Allosteric site
- Conformational change
- RNA Ribonucleic acid
- Ribosome
Mechanism
- Specificity Chemical specificity
- Hydrophilic
- Hydrophobic
- Chemoselective Chemoselectivity
- Regioselective Regioselectivity
- Stereospecific Stereospecificity
- Genome
- Proof-reading Proofreading (biology)
- RNA polymerase
- Aminoacyl tRNA synthetases Aminoacyl tRNA synthetase
- Enzyme promiscuity
- Neutrally Neutral evolution
- Gibbs free energy
- Entropy
- Proteases Protease
- Catalytic triad
- Oxyanion hole
- Protein loop Turn (biochemistry)
- Secondary structure Protein secondary structure
- Protein domain
- Conformational ensemble
- Equilibrium Thermodynamic equilibrium
- Catalytic resonance theory
- Viscoelastic Viscoelasticity
- Strain Strain (mechanics)
- Substrate presentation
- Feedback
- Flux Flux (metabolism)
Cofactors
- Inorganic
- Ions Ion
- Iron–sulfur clusters Iron–sulfur cluster
- Organic compounds Organic compound
- Flavin Flavin group
- Heme
- Coenzymes Coenzyme
- Prosthetic groups
- Biotin
- Pyruvate carboxylase
- Carbonic anhydrase
- Redox
- NAD or NADP+ Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide
- NADPH Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate
- Adenosine triphosphate
- Flavin mononucleotide
- Flavin adenine dinucleotide
- Thiamine pyrophosphate
- Tetrahydrofolate
- Vitamins Vitamin
- De novo De novo synthesis
- Hydride
- Coenzyme A
- S-adenosylmethionine
- Pentose phosphate pathway
- Methionine adenosyltransferase
Thermodynamics
Kinetics
- Michaelis–Menten kinetics
- Enzyme assays Enzyme assay
- Leonor Michaelis
- Maud Leonora Menten
- G. E. Briggs George Edward Briggs
- J. B. S. Haldane
- Solution Solution (chemistry)
- Concentration
- Michaelis–Menten constant
- Rate constants Rate constant
- Catalytically perfect Catalytically perfect enzyme
- Triose-phosphate isomerase Triosephosphateisomerase
- Acetylcholinesterase
- Fumarase
- Β-lactamase
- Superoxide dismutase
- Law of mass action
- Diffusion
- Macromolecular crowding
Inhibition
Biological function
- Functions Function (biology)
- Signal transduction
- Kinases Kinase
- Phosphatases Phosphatase
- Myosin
- Muscle contraction
- Cytoskeleton
- ATPases ATPase
- Ion pumps Ion pump (biology)
- Active transport
- Luciferase
- Fireflies
- Viruses Virus
- HIV integrase
- Reverse transcriptase
- Influenza
- Neuraminidase
- Digestive systems
- Amylases Amylase
- Maltose
- Glucose
- Ruminants Ruminant
- Herbivorous
- Cellulase
- Thermodynamically unfavorable Endothermic
- Tay–Sachs disease
- Hexosaminidase
- Phenylketonuria
- Phenylalanine hydroxylase
- Phenylalanine
Evolution
Industrial applications
- Chemical industry
- Organic solvents Organic solvent
- Protein engineering
Enzyme databases
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Enzyme
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related to Coenzymes · 16
Enzyme → Aformyl, ATP, Coenzymes, Examples, FAD, FMN, NAD, NADH, NADP, NADPH, S-adenosylmethionine, Some, The, These, THF, TPP
related to Kinetics · 14
Enzyme → At, Briggs, ES, Haldane, In, Leonor Michaelis, Maud Leonora Menten, Menten, Michaelis, Saturation, The, This, To, Vmax
related to Enzyme activity · 11
Enzyme → An, Biochemistry, Different, DNA, Each, EC, Enzyme Commission, Examples, Molecular Biology, That, The International Union
related to Functions of inhibitors · 11
Enzyme → COX-1, COX-2, For, HIV, If, In, Major, Many, Other, Since, This
related to Involvement in disease · 11
Enzyme → An, Another, Many, One, Oral, Sachs, Since, Some, Tay, The, This
related to Biological function · 10
Enzyme → An, ATP, Different, Enzymes, HIV, In, Other ATPases, Starch, They, Viruses
related to Thermodynamics · 10
Enzyme → As, Enzymes, EP, ES, Finally, First, For, In, Second, The
related to Evolution · 9
Enzyme → Artificial, Given, In, It, MAP, One, Similar, Small, This
related to Metabolism · 9
Enzyme → After, ATP, Because, Enzymes, In, Most, Several, Sometimes, Without
related to Substrate binding · 8
Enzyme → DNA, Enzymes, Here, RNA, Similar, Some, Specificity, This
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Important terminology
enzymes substrate reaction example activity site called reactions molecules catalytic specificity active used proteins different also substrates one chemical complex
Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples
Extracted RDF-like relationships with confidence and source. The table includes structured facts and lower-confidence contextual relations.| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
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| Enzyme | is a | biological macromolecule | 0.90 | text |
| temperature | instance of | and their sensitivity to factors | 0.80 | text |
| pH | instance of | and their sensitivity to factors | 0.80 | text |
| pepsin | instance of | The word enzyme was used later to refer to nonliving substances | 0.80 | text |
| and the word ferment was used to refer to chemical activity produced by living organisms.Eduard Buchner submitted his first paper on the study of yeast extracts in 1897 | instance of | The word enzyme was used later to refer to nonliving substances | 0.80 | text |
| the substrate | instance of | or their separation within membranes.These sections are subdivided by other features | 0.80 | text |
| products | instance of | or their separation within membranes.These sections are subdivided by other features | 0.80 | text |
| and chemical mechanism | instance of | or their separation within membranes.These sections are subdivided by other features | 0.80 | text |
| Pfam.Non-homologous isofunctional enzymesUnrelated enzymes that have the same enzymatic activity have been called non-homologous isofunctional enzymes | instance of | These families have been documented in dozens of different protein and protein family databases | 0.80 | text |
| Pfam | instance of | These families have been documented in dozens of different protein and protein family databases | 0.80 | text |
| hot springs are prized by industrial users for their ability to function at high temperatures | instance of | enzymes from bacteria living in volcanic environments | 0.80 | text |
| allowing enzyme-catalyzed reactions to be operated at a very high rate | instance of | enzymes from bacteria living in volcanic environments | 0.80 | text |
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Nodes326
Edges325
Triples203
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.006135
Components1
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