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enzyme

[en-zahym] / ˈɛn zaɪm /




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The team found that this process depends on a mitochondrial enzyme called pyruvate carboxylase.

From Science Daily • Apr. 20, 2026

To narrow the search, the team focused on an enzyme called prohormone convertase 1/3, which cuts proteins at specific locations and has been linked to obesity.

From Science Daily • Apr. 12, 2026

"We thought, if you have a problem with this enzyme, there's going to be multiple aspects of your biology that are not working properly."

From Science Daily • Apr. 12, 2026

In the new study, scientists used experiments in both human and mouse cells to identify the enzyme BMP1, which cuts SLIT3 into these two fragments.

From Science Daily • Mar. 28, 2026

The soft drink had been named for the digestive enzyme pepsin, he sagely told us, and so was suited to the task.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides




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