Illustrated Glossary of Organic Chemistry
Enzyme:
A
protein
or
RNA
that
catalyzes
chemical changes to other
molecules
.
Ribbon
structure
of
alpha
-
chymotrypsin
, a
serine
protease
, from the
Protein Data Bank
.
Related terms:
Amino acid
,
DNA
,
transition state
,
Δ
G
++
,
activation energy
,
E
act
,
Arrhenius equation
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