allosteric

allosteric

English

Etymology

allo- (“other”) +‎ steric (“arrangement of atoms in space”)

Adjective

allosteric (comparative more allosteric, superlative most allosteric)

1. (biochemistry, of an enzyme) That binds a compound on an inactive site and thus changes conformation in order to become either active or inactive

Related terms

• allostery

Translations

of an enzyme: that binds a compound on an inactive site

Portuguese: alostérico

Noun

allosteric (plural allosterics)

1. (biochemistry) An allosteric modulator

Anagrams

• cloisteral, corallites, sclerotial