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Enzyme vs Lipoxygenase - What's the difference?

enzyme | lipoxygenase |

As nouns the difference between enzyme and lipoxygenase

is that enzyme is (biochemistry) a globular protein that catalyses a biological chemical reaction while lipoxygenase is (enzyme) any of a class of enzymes that catalyse the oxidation of polyunsaturated fatty acids.

enzyme

English

(wikipedia enzyme)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (biochemistry) A globular protein that catalyses a biological chemical reaction.

    • Derived terms

    * adaptive enzyme * apoenzyme * coenzyme * haloenzyme * holoenzyme * ribozyme ----

    lipoxygenase

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia lipoxygenase) (en noun)
  • (enzyme) Any of a class of enzymes that catalyse the oxidation of polyunsaturated fatty acids