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  • 1Enzyme inhibitor — Enzyme inhibitors are molecules that bind to enzymes and decrease their activity. Since blocking an enzyme s activity can kill a pathogen or correct a metabolic imbalance, many drugs are enzyme inhibitors. They are also used as herbicides and… …

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  • 2Enzyme De Conversion De L'angiotensine — Pour les articles homonymes, voir conversion. L enzyme de conversion de l angiotensine ou plus simplement enzyme de conversion (ECA, EC 3.4.15.1) est une exopeptidase qui catalyse la conversion de l …

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  • 3Inactive — In*ac tive, a. [Pref. in not + active: cf. F. inactif.] [1913 Webster] 1. Not active; having no power to move; that does not or can not produce results; inert; as, matter is, of itself, inactive. [1913 Webster] 2. Not disposed to action or… …

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  • 4Enzyme de conversion de l'angiotensine — ● Enzyme de conversion de l angiotensine enzyme qui transforme l angiotensine I inactive en angiotensine II, dont l hyperactivité provoque une hypertension artérielle …

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  • 5enzyme — [en′zīm΄] n. [Ger enzym < LGr enzymos, leavened < Gr en , in + zymē, leaven (see ZYME)] any of various proteins, formed in plant and animal cells or made synthetically, that act as organic catalysts in initiating or speeding up specific… …

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  • 6Enzyme — Biocatalyst redirects here. For the use of natural catalysts in organic chemistry, see Biocatalysis. Human glyoxalase I. Two zinc ions that are needed for the enzyme to catalyze its reaction are shown as purp …

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  • 7Enzyme de conversion de l'angiotensine — Pour les articles homonymes, voir conversion. L enzyme de conversion de l angiotensine ou plus simplement enzyme de conversion (ECA, EC 3.4.15.1) est une exopeptidase qui catalyse la conversion de l angiotensine I en angiotensine II, un pu …

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  • 8Enzyme — A protein (or protein based molecule) that speeds up a chemical reaction in a living organism. An enzyme acts as catalyst for specific chemical reactions, convertingt a specific set of reactants (called substrates) into specific products. Without …

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  • 9optically inactive — Inactive In*ac tive, a. [Pref. in not + active: cf. F. inactif.] [1913 Webster] 1. Not active; having no power to move; that does not or can not produce results; inert; as, matter is, of itself, inactive. [1913 Webster] 2. Not disposed to action… …

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  • 10proteolytic enzyme — ▪ enzyme also called  Proteinase,         any of a group of enzymes that break the long chainlike molecules of proteins into shorter fragments (peptides) and eventually into their components, amino acids. Proteolytic enzymes are present in… …

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