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Enzyme vs Multienzyme - What's the difference?

enzyme | multienzyme |

As nouns the difference between enzyme and multienzyme

is that enzyme is a globular protein that catalyses a biological chemical reaction while multienzyme is any protein having two or more catalytic functions.

As an adjective multienzyme is

containing multiple enzymes.

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 ----

    multienzyme

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (enzyme) Any protein having two or more catalytic functions

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Containing multiple enzymes